Memorare

Matthew King · 04 Apr 2007, 15:20 · from 2007-April.txt.gz

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From: automatthew at gmail.com (Matthew King)
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:20:36 -0500
Subject: (urth) Memorare
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On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:51 AM, James B. Jordan wrote:

> I've been away so much that I may have missed it, but have we  
> discussed "Memorare" here yet?
>
> Spoiler space
>
>
> I was struck by the fact that Wolfe makes himself the godplaying  
> dead man. It would be easy to have the statue be that of "Richard  
> Nixon" or "Hitler" or someone else, but Wolfe takes upon himself  
> the role of god-playing tyrant. He seems to be saying that he's as  
> potentially evil as anyone else. Salvation is only by grace, as the  
> prayers and title indicate.

I wondered if anyone else would think the statue was of Wolfe.  Is  
the GW in Memorare the first head of Cerberus?  That seems like too  
much of a closed circle.

Matthew

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