A Confederacy of Dunces Typescript Sold at Auction
Biographer extraordinaire Corey MacLauchlin reports that a typescript of COD was sold. Check out the Sotheby’s website. Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
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A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 15
I may have some valuable insights which may benefit my employer. Perhaps the experience can give my writing a new dimension. Being actively engaged in the system which I criticize will be an interesting irony in itself (p. 46). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
I Am a Strange Loop: The Life and Times of John Kennedy Toole
Here is the intro to a review essay: Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces. Cory MacLauchlin. Boston and New York: Da Capo Press, 2012, 319 pages, $26.00 hardcover. The book is not autobiography; neither is it altogether invention. While the…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 6
“Canned food is a perversion,” Ignatius said. “I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul” (p. 19) a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
Existentialism, semiotics, and iced tea
Going back to 1985, Roger Kimball reviews a collection of conversations with Walker Percy. Mr. Percy’s chief concern as a novelist is with ”the dislocation of man in the modern age,” with the sense of ennui and meaninglessness that has shadowed so many lives, even – or perhaps especially – in the midst of affluence.…
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