Werwolf

James Jordan · 04 Mar 2003, 14:20 · from urth-v0303.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Werwolf
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:20:04 -0600
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At 06:24 PM 3/3/2003, you wrote:
>The spelling calls attention to at least one missing "e"; this may be=20
>sufficient motive even if Wolfe had more in mind.
>
>Sepia

Ah, that may be on the mark. We might have read "Were-Wolfe," which would=20
be in character for all of Wolfe's lupine stories, which are "about" him=20
one way or another. So dropping both "e"s is a hint, of some sort. Maybe to=20
call attention to it, as you say, so that we get the idea the the Hero is a=20
version of Wolfe himself.

Nutria

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