Wolfe and Calvino

Thomas Jeenicke · 22 Feb 2000, 13:21 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: "Thomas Jeenicke" <Thomas_Jeenicke at public.uni-hamburg.de>
Subject: (urth) Wolfe and Calvino
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:21:15 +0100
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Alga suggested in the Whorl-list (message dated 18 Feb 20:06:28) that =
Wolfe could have read Italo Calvino. He might have, but I don't see much =
evidence. I think (though maybe I don't know Calvino good enoug) that =
memory per se is not a theme for Calvino, at least not a main theme. =
Nearest (but still quite different) to Wolfe, in my opinion, seems to be =
Calvino's labyrinthian novel "Se una notte d' inverno un viaggiatore" =
(first published 1979 - I don't know if there's an english translation, =
if so, the title must be something like "When in a night of winter a =
traveller"), which ends in a library (Borges!).
The whole topic Wolfe-Borges-Calvino raises one question in me: Is Wolfe =
a "postmodern" writer? - If that is actually a usefull literary =
categorie (I'm not sure).

Thomas

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