Percyscapes: The Fugue State in Twentieth-Century Southern Fiction (Southern Literary Studies)

By Robert W. Rudnicki

An exploration of the work of Walker Percy, focusing on the fugue state - a form of hysterical dissociation marked by temporary amnesia and physical wandering. Rudnicki argues that this expresses the existential conflict of wanting both to integrate with the world and escape it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807123447
• ISBN13: 9780807123447
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"