The literature of social reflection. [1987-12-03].
In a lecture about author Walker Percy and Percy's novel "The moviegoer", Robert Coles explores how enslaved people are by custom, habit, conformity, and society's rules, in their search for meaning in life. He offers Percy, Leo Tolstoy and other authors as examples of people who have struggled with...
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| Language: | English |
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[1987]
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic audio file (51 min., 33 sec.) : digital, WAV file. |
| Format: | Audio Software |
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In a lecture about author Walker Percy and Percy's novel "The moviegoer", Robert Coles explores how enslaved people are by custom, habit, conformity, and society's rules, in their search for meaning in life. He offers Percy, Leo Tolstoy and other authors as examples of people who have struggled with wresting themselves from the aspects of life which deaden us to the importance of each day and impede the search for new emotional and spiritual discovery. The lecture is part of the course "The literature of social reflection" (Gen-Ed 105), offered at Harvard University. |
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| Note: | Original analog recording is part of the Robert Coles Papers in Special Collections at the Michigan State University Libraries. Electronic resource. |
| Call Number: | Voice 17319 |
| Playing Time: | 00:51:33 |
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Recorded at Harvard University, Dec. 3, 1987. |