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The Literary Foolishness of Ignatius Reilly

Available via Amazon.com — Amazon.ca — Amazon.co.uk — Barnes  & Noble — Indigo.ca — Indi Bound — Kobo — and last but not least, if you want to take advantage of a 30% discount (code available here), go directly to Rowman & Littlefield. Chapter 2 — Jessica Hooten Wilson Boethiusjessica hooten wilsonJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literatureWalker Percy

A Theory of Humor (Abridged) and the Comic Mechanisms of John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces

Available via Amazon.com — Amazon.ca — Amazon.co.uk — Barnes  & Noble — Indigo.ca — Indi Bound — Kobo — and last but not least, if you want to take advantage of a 30% discount (code available here), go directly to Rowman & Littlefield. Extract from Chapter 1– H. Vernon Leighton a confederacy of duncesBoethiusH. Vernon LeightonJohn Kennedy…

The artwork for Theology and Geometry

The most excellent illustrator, Matt Dawson, who did the cover for Theology and Geometry discusses and shows his process for this labour of love. Matt is someone who has impeccable artistic instincts — always far exceeding my highest expectations. The book is now available via Amazon.com — Amazon.ca — Amazon.co.uk — Barnes  & Noble — Indigo.ca —…

John Kennedy Toole

A belated commemoration of JKT’s birthday yesterday. Everything you need to know about Toole can be found here (documentary), here (biography) and here (review of aforementioned bio). Stay tuned for the forthcoming collection of essays on Confederacy and the theatrical feature based upon JKT bio. When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that…

Robert Musil

Born on this date (6 November). Here is Roger Kimball’s well-known take. Here too is The Monist issue dedicated to “The Philosophy of Robert Musil” and Mette Blok’s article “Robert Musil’s Literary Ethics: The Man without Qualities Reconsidered“. Musil’s debut The Confusions of Young Törless is freely available here as is Vol. I of his masterpiece The Man Without Qualities. Last,…