The house of Percy honor, melancholy, and imagination in a Southern family
The novels of Walker Percy - The Moviegoer, Lancelot, The Second Coming, and The Thanatos Syndrome to name a few - have left a permanent mark on twentieth-century Southern fiction; yet the history of the Percy family in America matches anything, perhaps, that he could have created
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York u.a.
Oxford Univ. Press
1994
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Dorsey, Sarah <1829-1879> - Biography
> Percy (Family)
> Percy, Walker <1916-1990> - Biography
> Percy, William Alexander <1885-1942> - Biography
> Dorsey, Sarah A <1829-1879>
> Percy family
> Percy, Walker <1916-1990>
> Percy, William Alexander <1885-1942>
> Percy
> Percy, Walker
> Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1800-1900
> Authors, American
> Homes and haunts
> Intellectuals
> Biography
> Geschichte
> Mississippi
> Intellectual life
> Biografie
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The novels of Walker Percy - The Moviegoer, Lancelot, The Second Coming, and The Thanatos Syndrome to name a few - have left a permanent mark on twentieth-century Southern fiction; yet the history of the Percy family in America matches anything, perhaps, that he could have created Two centuries of wealth, literary accomplishment, political leadership, depression, and sometimes suicide established a fascinating legacy that lies behind Walker Percy's acclaimed prose and profound insight into the human condition In The House of Percy, Bertram Wyatt-Brown masterfully interprets the life of this gifted family, drawing out the twin themes of an inherited inclination to despondency and an abiding sense of honor. The Percy family roots in Mississippi and Louisiana reach back to "Don Carlos" Percy, an eighteenth-century soldier of fortune who amassed a large estate but fell victim to mental disorder and suicide |
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| Beschreibung: | XV, 454, [26] S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0195056264 0-19-505626-4 |