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The Myth of the Fall and Walker Percy's Last Gentleman
Overview
Williston Bibb Barrett experiences a sense that something is wrong in the world and in his life. The evidence in the novels of Walker Percy which deal with the life of Will Barrett, The Last Gentleman and The Second Coming, points to the presence of the Myth of the Fall. Experiencing imbalance and indirection, Will Barrett is the fallen man in a fallen world. However, the cycle of falling and rising resonates with joy and grace as the protagonist journeys toward salvation.
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- ISBN-13: 9780820418063
- ISBN-10: 0820418064
- Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
- Publish Date: February 1993
- Page Count: 148
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