Index · 3 messages in 3 threads · 22 Jul 1999 – 16 Aug 1999

Alex Groce

• opened The Bolds in PEACE
  I've found the answer to one of the first questions I ever asked on the list--whether Eleanor Bold's name in PEACE being the name of the character in BARCHESTER TOWERS had any sign…
  16 Aug 1999, 13:19
• opened More Proust
  It's strange, given how strong the atmospheric influence of Proust on BOTNS and 5HC is, how few overt references Wolfe makes to Proust in his fiction. I count: the quote that ope…
  29 Jul 1999, 14:39
• de Sade, Plato, and Jack the Ripper.....
  I think Plato is definitely the easy one of these to find. My guess would be Severian's "We believe that we invent symbols" passage--which I showed a friend as an example of Wolfe…
  22 Jul 1999, 12:45

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