John C.Wright on Wolfe' "Unreliable Moral Narrative"

Lee Berman · 23 Nov 2011, 17:03 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:41 -0500
Subject: (urth) John C.Wright on Wolfe' "Unreliable Moral Narrative"
Message-ID: <SNT123-W36C2107AF822E4DDBE4A32CFC90 at phx.gbl>

> Interesting. I've thought much the same thing about 5HOC. I'm not sure
> _Home Fires_ is special in this respect here; I've noted in the past
> that that theme is overt or covert in many of his stories and novels,
> most obviously _An Evil Guest_.
>

>David Stockhoff: Definitely. And various shorts as well, and of course all 
>of Latro. Thank god his narrators are not judgmental bores (like Wright can be).

Heh. I did notice a socially conservative, anti-abortion stance in that article.
I could do with out that, but otherwise a clear and insightful analysis.

Wright even acknowleges that most other Wolfe fans have probably caught the social
commentary Wolfe makes in his stories by using the off-hand acceptance by the
narrator of prostitution, slavery, torture, bestiality, animal sacrifice, etc. I 
think most of the fans on this list have noticed that, either directly or via 
postings about it.

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