academic commentary

António Pedro Marques · 29 Nov 2010, 16:30 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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Subject: (urth) academic commentary
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David Stockhoff wrote (29-11-2010 16:13):
> Well argued, Craig.
>
> Yes, I think Wolfe is deep enough as a Catholic and an author to be able
> to weave into his narratives all sorts of apparently contradictory
> principles. I could begin with the reader's---at least the naive
> reader's---necessary movement from "Narration is truth" to "Narration is
> lies" and ultimately to "Narration that is lies is also truth, maybe
> even a better truth."
>
> Replace "narration" with "belief," and consider that Wolfe had a long
> path of conversion to Catholicism, and you have your 3 texts as well as
> a motivation for Wolfe to "create" such a long and complicated tale.
>
> Thanks for the Wright summary. It does seem odd that he did all this
> work but could not make the final leap.

It'd be an uncomfortable/inconvenient leap for him to make.

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