WALKER PERCY, FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, AND THE SEARCH FOR INFLUENCE
Series Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
DOSTOEVSKY IN PERCY’S WORLD
PERCY’S ENCOUNTERS WITH DOSTOEVSKY
APPROACHES TO INFLUENCE STUDIES
OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1: Failed Imitation in The Charterhouse and The Gramercy Winner
DISEMBODIED CHARACTERS IN THE CHARTERHOUSE
THE OUTSIDER-PROTAGONIST IN THE GRAMERCY WINNER
INCARNATIONAL AESTHETIC
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 2: Faithful Re-membering in The Moviegoer
REMEMBERING DOSTOEVSKY
RE-MEMBERING DOSTOEVSKY
CHAPTER 3: Modeling a Holy Fool in The Last Gentleman
PARALLELS BETWEEN THE LAST GENTLEMAN AND THE IDIOT
KNIGHTS-ERRANT
THE DOUBLES
TRAGEDY VS. COMEDY
CHAPTER 4: Borrowed Critiques in Love in the Ruins
TOM MORE AS AN AMERICAN STAVROGIN
ART IMMELMANN AS DEMONIC FOIL
LIFE AS AN EX-SUICIDE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INFLUENCE
CHAPTER 5: “Outdostoevskying Dostoevsky” in Lancelot
EVIDENCE OF DOSTOEVSKY IN PERCY’S WRITING PROCESS
NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND AND THE ANTIHERO NARRATOR
SUPERSEDING THE VIOLENCE OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT FROM THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 6: Echoed Prophecies in The Second Coming and The Thanatos Syndrome
“DOSTOYEVSKY’S IDEA”: FROM THE DEGRADATION OF LANGUAGE TO THE DEATH OF MILLIONS
UNITING OF SIGNS AND SIGNIFIERS IN THE SECOND COMING
LOVE, TRUTH, AND AUTHORITY AT THE END OF THE SECOND COMING
THE LOSS OF MEANING TO THE LOSS OF LIFE
CONCLUSION: Imitation Versus Anxiety: A Christian’s Response to Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
LITERATURE, RELIGION, AND POSTSECULAR STUDIES: Lori Branch, Series Editor