The Devil in a Forest

James B. Jordan · 18 May 2009, 23:17 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: jbjordan4 at cox.net (James B. Jordan)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:17:47 -0500
Subject: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
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At 05:10 PM 5/18/2009, you wrote:

>I'm grateful for this discussion, because when I read tDiaF I 
>thought it was just a quaint, but obvious, morality tale. Now, I 
>realize that it isn't so "on the nose" at all. It's actually a quite 
>exquisite bit of propaganda (unlike say "Atlas Shrugged"). Truly 
>masterful propaganda is one where the audience doesn't realize it's 
>being propagandized.

"Propaganda" may be just the right term for Wolfe. Originally it was 
a term used by the Vatican for the propagation of the faith. It's 
come to have a cheaper meaning. But tDiaF ends with a miracle -- the 
only "fantasy" element in the book, and something Wolfe would claim 
is not "fantasy" at all -- and is designed to set out a Christian worldview.

Nutria


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James B. Jordan
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