Butterfly in the Typewriter (50 page)

Stein, Gertrude

The Subterraneans
(Kerouac)

Superworm
(Deaux)

Suthon, Marcia

Swift, Jonathan

Taliaferro, Kent

Ted (Southwestern Louisiana Institute student)

TeleKids
(television show)

The Ten Commandments
(film)

Tindall, William

Toole, Harold, Jr.

Toole, John Dewey, Jr. (father)

background and work of

and Columbia contribution

and de Russy

death of

as “downtown” person in Uptown

estate of

and Kubach

and marital problems

mental illness of

and money

physical decline of

and Polites visit

and relationship with son

and shingles

and son at Southwestern Louisiana Institute

and son in high school

and son's birth

and son's study of engineering at Tulane

and son's suicide

Toole, John Kennedy

and acting and theater

and alcohol

ancestors of

in army in Puerto Rico

arrogance and superciliousness of

and automobiles

and banter

and Beats

bigotry of

birth of

brilliance and intelligence of

and British literature

and character and dialogue

at Columbia University

comical energy of

and comics and cartoons

complexity of

curiosity of

and dancing

“dark streak” in

depression, remoteness, detachment, and distance of

devotion to mother of

and dialect

drive to achieve greatness of

and east coast trip (1954)

and ego and insecurity

and exaggeration

and father's mental illness

and females in literature and life

final journey of

forms of name used by

and frustrations and disappointments as writer

and girls and women

and Haspel Brothers job

in high school

and homosexuality

humor and wit of

at Hunter College (
See
Hunter College: and Toole)

and impersonations and mimicking

and Kennedy assassination

in kindergarten and grade school

and liberalism and political sensibilities

and literary criticism

literary influences on

master's thesis of

mental illness of

and Mississippi visit (1954)

and money

and Monroe

and Morter suicide attempt

and mother's musical talents

and mother's stifling, dominance, protectiveness, and narcissism

narrative voice in letters of

nervous breakdown of

and New Orleans' attraction and fascination

and New York City's attraction, fascination, and repellency

and observations of people

as one hit wonder

and other biographies

Papers at Tulane of

paranoia of

and patriotism and government

and philosophy and pragmatism

poetry of

and pranks

relationship with father

and religion

return to New Orleans and life with parents

and rock and roll

and satire

scholarship fund at Tulane

sense of superiority of

and sixteenth-century literature

and “sketches,”

at Southwestern Louisiana Institute (SLI)

at St. Mary's Dominican College

and storytelling and narrative

suicide of

and teaching style and students

and television

at Tulane University

turn toward becoming novelist of

and University of Washington

upbringing of

and Waugh

weight and physique of

and women in society

and Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship

See also A Confederacy of Dunces
(Toole);
The Neon Bible
(Toole)

Toole, Thelma (mother)

and abandoned biography and collection of academic papers of son

anti-Semitism of

background and work of

and bedtime stories

and Bianciardi

and brother Arthur

and Brynner tale

and Christmas 1967

and
A Confederacy of Dunces

coveting of relationship with son

death of

as “downtown” person in Uptown

and fight with son (January 1969)

and Foote

and Guibet

and Harvard

and husband's death

and husband's mental illness

and husband's relationship with son

and husband's shingles

and Jean François Ducoing

and Laird

and letter writers, visitors, and gifts

and marital problems

and money

and Monroe

and Morter suicide attempt

and move to Cambronne Street

musical talents of

and
The Neon Bible

and other biographies

physical decline of

and Polites visit and piano playing

publicity, spotlight, and accolades for

and relatives' mental illnesses

and religion

and schools in New Orleans

sense of superiority and delusions of grandeur of

and son at Columbia

and son at Tulane

and son's acting and theater

and son's birth

and son's brilliance, superiority, and greatness

and son's dating

and son's early childhood

and son's final journey

and son's memorabilia, relics, collection of books, papers, letters, etc.

and son's mental illness

and son's perceptiveness and observations

and son's poetry

and son's portrayal and legacy

and son's return to New Orleans

and son's sharing of writing attempts

and son's suicide

and son's weight and physique

and son's writing style

superciliousness of

and Toole family

and World War II

Traveling Theatre Troupers

Tree of Liberty
(novel)

Treen, David

Trilling, Diana

Trilling, Lionel

Truman, Harry

Tulane University.
See
Toole, John Kennedy: at Tulane University

Ulysses
(Joyce)

Ussery, Huling

Van Doren, Mark

Vespa, Mary

Vietnam

Wagner, Dick

Waugh, Evelyn

as influence

and Monroe

racist remarks of

Wechsler, James

West, Mae

Wieler, John

Williams, Tennessee

Wonk, Dalt

Wordsworth, Dorothy

World War II

Yardley, Jonathan

Young, Bob

Zelden, Joel

Ziegler, Lottie

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MacLauchlin, Cory.
Butterfly in the typewriter : the tragic life of John Kennedy Toole and the
remarkable story of A confederacy of dunces / Cory MacLauchlin.
p. cm.

eISBN : 978-0-306-82104-2

1. Toole, John Kennedy, 1937–1969. Confederacy of dunces.
2. Novelists, American--20th century--Biography. I. Title.
PS3570.O54C666 2012
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