More than fifty years after its publication, Walker Percy’s National Book Award Winner, The Moviegoer, still confronts, comforts, and enlightens generations of readers. This collection of twelve new essays, edited and introduced by Jennifer Levasseur and Mary A. Mc Cay, emphasize the evolving significance of this seminal, New Orleans novel. Authors’ consider the text with diverse perspectives, drawing from philosophy, theology, disability theory, contemporary music and literature, social media, and film studies.
Jay Tolson opens the volume with reflections on rereading the novel on a Kindle decades after writing his important biography of Percy. H. Collin Messer, Montserrat Gin�s, Jessica Hooten Wilson, and Brian Jobe follow with illuminating essays analyzing Percy’s influences, from St. Augustine and Cervantes to Heidegger and Dostoevsky. Jonathan Potter and Read Mercer Schuchardt, Mary A. Mc Cay, Matthew Luter, and Dorian Speed delve into the novel’s significance to cinema, including an exhaustive guide to its film references, a meditation on Binx Bolling as a director of his existence, and the semiotics of celebrity. Brent Walter Cline and Robert Bolton, Michael Kobre, and L. Lamar Nisly present a roadmap for Bolling’s inward journey, exploring a variety of elements from the role of the broken body to the spiritual connection to Bruce Springsteen lyrics.
Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer at Fifty is the first critical work devoted solely to the author’s debut novel. Coinciding with the centenary of Percy’s birth, this collection invites both new and veteran readers to enjoy The Moviegoer with fresh perspectives that underscore its lasting relevance.
Jennifer Levasseur & Mary A. McCay
Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer at Fifty
New Takes on an Iconic American Novel
Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer at Fifty
New Takes on an Iconic American Novel
Bahasa Inggeris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman-halaman 200 ● ISBN 9780807162750 ● Saiz fail 2.3 MB ● Penyunting Jennifer Levasseur & Mary A. McCay ● Penerbit LSU Press ● Bandar raya Baton Rouge ● Negara US ● Diterbitkan 2016 ● Muat turun 24 bulan ● Mata wang EUR ● ID 5054602 ● Salin perlindungan Adobe DRM
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