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The Resource Walker Percy and the old modern age : reflections on language, argument, and the telling of stories, Patricia Lewis Poteat
Walker Percy and the old modern age : reflections on language, argument, and the telling of stories, Patricia Lewis Poteat
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 177 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue
- "The Delta Factor" or, on the joys and sorrows of being without a theory of man
- Percy as storyteller or, how to avoid getting zapped by the ravening particles
- Percy as philosophical essayist or, why novelists, Helen Keller, and three-year-olds succeed where linguistic philosophers fail
- "The Message in the Bottle" or, what it means to be a castaway and wait for news from across the seas
- The joys and sorrows of symbol-mongering or, why it is better to stay in Covington, Louisiana, and write stories than venture to M.I.T. and be captured by a language acquisition device
- Epilogue
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780807111871
- Label
- Walker Percy and the old modern age : reflections on language, argument, and the telling of stories
- Title
- Walker Percy and the old modern age
- Title remainder
- reflections on language, argument, and the telling of stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia Lewis Poteat
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- History
- Literature
- Mississippi
- Mississippi -- In literature
- Pecey, Walker, 1916- -- Philosophie
- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker, (1916-1990) -- Critique et interprétation
- Percy, Walker, (1916-1990) -- Philosophie
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Philosophy
- Persuasion (Rhetoric)
- Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century
- Philosophie -- Dans la littérature
- Philosophy
- Philosophy in literature
- Philosophy in literature
- Southern States
- Southern States -- In literature
- Storytelling
- Storytelling -- Southern States
- 1900 - 1999
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Poteat, Patricia Lewis
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3566.E6912
- LC item number
- Z83 1985
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker
- Persuasion (Rhetoric)
- Storytelling
- Philosophy in literature
- Literature
- Persuasion (Rhetoric)
- Philosophy
- Philosophy in literature
- Storytelling
- Philosophie
- Pecey, Walker, 1916-
- Southern States
- Mississippi
- Mississippi
- Southern States
- Label
- Walker Percy and the old modern age : reflections on language, argument, and the telling of stories, Patricia Lewis Poteat
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- "The Delta Factor" or, on the joys and sorrows of being without a theory of man -- Percy as storyteller or, how to avoid getting zapped by the ravening particles -- Percy as philosophical essayist or, why novelists, Helen Keller, and three-year-olds succeed where linguistic philosophers fail -- "The Message in the Bottle" or, what it means to be a castaway and wait for news from across the seas -- The joys and sorrows of symbol-mongering or, why it is better to stay in Covington, Louisiana, and write stories than venture to M.I.T. and be captured by a language acquisition device -- Epilogue -- Index
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 177 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807111871
- Lccn
- 84010005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)10753434
- (OCoLC)ocm10753434
- Label
- Walker Percy and the old modern age : reflections on language, argument, and the telling of stories, Patricia Lewis Poteat
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- "The Delta Factor" or, on the joys and sorrows of being without a theory of man -- Percy as storyteller or, how to avoid getting zapped by the ravening particles -- Percy as philosophical essayist or, why novelists, Helen Keller, and three-year-olds succeed where linguistic philosophers fail -- "The Message in the Bottle" or, what it means to be a castaway and wait for news from across the seas -- The joys and sorrows of symbol-mongering or, why it is better to stay in Covington, Louisiana, and write stories than venture to M.I.T. and be captured by a language acquisition device -- Epilogue -- Index
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 177 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807111871
- Lccn
- 84010005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)10753434
- (OCoLC)ocm10753434
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- History
- Literature
- Mississippi
- Mississippi -- In literature
- Pecey, Walker, 1916- -- Philosophie
- Percy, Walker
- Percy, Walker, (1916-1990) -- Critique et interprétation
- Percy, Walker, (1916-1990) -- Philosophie
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Philosophy
- Persuasion (Rhetoric)
- Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century
- Philosophie -- Dans la littérature
- Philosophy
- Philosophy in literature
- Philosophy in literature
- Southern States
- Southern States -- In literature
- Storytelling
- Storytelling -- Southern States
- 1900 - 1999
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