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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Linda Whitney Hobson Papers #5172, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Linda Whitney Hobson through the Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in August 2004 (Acc. 99876).

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Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton, January 2005

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
• Authors, American--Southern States.
• Gretlund, Jan Nordby
• Hobson, Linda Whitney.
• Lawson, Lewis A.
• Percy, Walker, 1916- .
• Percy, Walker, 1916- . Lancelot.
• Percy, Walker, 1916- . Love in the ruins.
• Percy, Walker, 1916- . The thanatos syndrome.
• Poteat, Patricia Lewis.
• Samway, Patrick H.
• Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Women authors, American--North Carolina.

• Walker Percy Papers (#4294)

Literary critic Linda Whitney Hobson received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Alabama. In the 1970s, she wrote several book reviews for the Journal and Sentinel newspaper of Winston-Salem, N.C., and other publications. Hobson wrote Understanding Walker Percy in 1988 for the Understanding Contemporary American Literature series. Her interest in the life and work of Percy led to another publication in 1988, Walker Percy: A Comprehensive Descriptive Bibliography. Hobson has also worked as an editor and arts administrator and has been active in the North Carolina literary scene.

The collection includes materials related to literary critic and writer Linda Whitney Hobson's work on southern writer Walker Percy and other writings by Hobson. Percy materials include subject files and printed material, including clippings. Subject files contain correspondence, writings about Percy and his works, notes on his works, and information about conferences and symposia in which Hobson participated. Correspondents include author Patrick H. Samway of America magazine, Jan Nordby Gretlund, Patricia Lewis Poteat of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Lewis A. Lawson. Printed material consists of articles about Walker Percy and his writings, especially Love in the Ruins (1971), Lancelot (1977), and The Thanatos Syndrome (1987). Also included are Hobson's book reviews, articles, and related materials about subjects other than Percy, including New Orleans and the 1984 World's Fair that was held there.

Items separated include pictures (PF-5172/1).