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Walker Percy
Walker Percy, 1916–90, American novelist, b. Birmingham, Ala. Trained as a physician, Percy turned to writing after he contracted tuberculosis and was forced to retire from practice. His novels The Moviegoer (1961) and The Last Gentleman (1966) concern Southern gentlemen who are feeling the impact of changing times. Love in the Ruins (1971) is a science fiction satire. His other novels are Lancelot (1977), The Second Coming (1980), and The Thanatos Syndrome (1987). His occasional writings were collected in the posthumous Signposts in a Strange Land (1991).
See biography by J. Tolson (1992); studies by L. W. Hobson (1988) and J. D. Crowley, ed. (1989).
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Walker Percy: Novelist and Philosopher
Jan Nordby Gretlund; Karl-Heinz Westarp. University Press of Mississippi, 1991
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Jan Nordby Gretlund; Karl-Heinz Westarp. University Press of Mississippi, 1991
Languages of Mystery: Walker Percy's Legacy in Contemporary Southern Fiction
O'Gorman, Farrell. The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, Spring 2002
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O'Gorman, Farrell. The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, Spring 2002
Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait in the Words of Those Who Knew Him
David Horace Harwell. University of North Carolina Press, 2006
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David Horace Harwell. University of North Carolina Press, 2006
To Attend to One's Own Soul: Walker Percy and the Southern Cultural Tradition
Blair, John. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 1, Winter 1992
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Blair, John. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 1, Winter 1992
Walker Percy's Sacramental Landscapes: The Search in the Desert
Allen Pridgen. Susquehanna University Press, 2000
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Allen Pridgen. Susquehanna University Press, 2000
Walker Percy, the Catholic Church, and Southern Race Relations (Ca. 1947-1970)
O'gorman, Farrell. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, Winter 1999
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O'gorman, Farrell. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, Winter 1999
Servile Leisure: Walker Percy's the Last Gentleman and the Philosophy of Josef Pieper
Humphries, Rachel Faber. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3-4, Summer-Fall 2009
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Humphries, Rachel Faber. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3-4, Summer-Fall 2009
Revisioning the Fall: Walker Percy and Lancelot
Desmond, John F. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 4, Fall 1994
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Desmond, John F. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 4, Fall 1994
"Watching, Listening and Waiting": The Mode of the Seeker in Walker Percy's Fiction
Hobson, Linda Whitney. The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring 1988
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Hobson, Linda Whitney. The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring 1988
Walker Percy's "Conversions"
Kissel, Susan S. The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1977
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Kissel, Susan S. The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1977
Walker Percy's the Gramercy Winner: A Memoir of the American Tuberculosis Experience
Mason, Jean S. Journal of American Culture (Malden, MA), Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2010
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Mason, Jean S. Journal of American Culture (Malden, MA), Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2010
A Visit with Walker Percy: An Interview and a Recollection (1)
Underwood, Thomas A. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 58, Winter 2004
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Underwood, Thomas A. The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 58, Winter 2004