Walker Percy interview, 1966.

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Walker Percy interview, 1966.

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Original typescript of an interview by Ashley Brown with Walker Percy discussing the existentialist element in Percy's novels, including holographic corrections by Percy. Also included are the issue of Shenandoah in which this interview was published (Vol. 18, No. 3, Spring 1967) and a letter from Percy to Brown discussing the interview.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Brown, Ashley, 1923-

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Samuel Ashley Brown (1923- ), professor of English and comparative literature. He received his PhD from Vanderbilt University in 1958 and spent the majority of his career at the University of South Carolina. From the description of Ashley Brown collection, 1955-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 213069622 ...

Percy, Walker, 1916-1990

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William Walsh, an Irish-Catholic New Orleanian born in 1925, joined the Society of Jesus in 1942. He left the order in 1973, but remained ambilavent about his decision to enter secular life. Walsh was at a personal crossroads when he read Lancelot, trying to determine his future. Having also been impressed by Percy's earlier writings, particularly The Message in the Bottle, he believed that Percy could be a source of guidance. As it turned out, Walsh and Percy never met in person and they spoke ...