Dr. Talos' Play

CRCulver · 16 Nov 1997, 15:33 · from urth-v0005.mbox · original

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From: CRCulver at aol.com
Subject: (urth) Dr. Talos' Play
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 15:33:20
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]

Friends,

    Has there ever been a serious study of the myriad themes and elaborate
symbolism in the play of Dr. Talos in _Claw of the Conciliator_? I've read =
it
several times over, yet still cannot understand the symbolic qualities of
certain roles. All in all, however, the play is a work genius, but the arca=
ne
style eludes me.

Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com>
http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html
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-Brendan Perry

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