The Wizard

Daniel Petersen · 02 Mar 2012, 17:41 · from 2012-March.txt.gz

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From: danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com (Daniel Petersen)
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:41:48 +0000
Subject: (urth) The Wizard
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Aye, Dan'l, Wolfe is undoubtedly ludic in his writing, not least in this
multi-level interplay of mythologies (pace Quinn).

-DOJP

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> > Wolfe isn?t ?riffing hard? on Dionysus, IMO.  Some people are stretching
> > hard on Dionysus.
>
> I suspect the truth (slippery thing that it is) lies somewhere in
> between. Wolfe has a definite primary meaning in mind, in which the
> meanings of Silent and Silver are as given in the book; but he has the
> tale of Dionysus in the back of his mind and is, if not riffing hard,
> at least playing on it. For all his seriousness, Wolfe is a very
> playful writer.
>
> --
> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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