Borges and Vance

Jim Jordan · 26 Oct 1999, 14:46 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan at gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Borges and Vance
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:46:43
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At 02:58 PM 10/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>But then, all Wolfe fans are Borges fans already, right?

To be sure. And Borges was a super-Chesterton fan. As is Wolfe, of course.

One should probably also add, as regards religious influences, C.S. Lewis,
who of course also was influenced by Chesterton.

Ultimately, however, Wolfe is ... Wolfe. Sui generis.

Nutria

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