TBOTNS as political document and the wait for new sun

matthew.malthouse · 10 Jul 2003, 09:22 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk
Subject: Re: (urth) TBOTNS as political document and the wait for new sun
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:22:07 +0100
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On 09/07/2003 20:40:27 Michael Andre-Driussi wrote:

>Responding to Marc Aramini, Civet wrote:
>>I'm completely willing to entertain the concept of BotNS as a piece of
>>propaganda, but in practical terms I just can't see it as beneficial to
>>Severian's position *politically*.
>
>I want to point out that John Clute first raised the interpretation of=20
The
>Book as political.  His essay is in STROKES, a collection of his essays=20
and
>reviews.

Severian states that he sent one copy of the manuscript to the library at=20
the citadel and will cast the second - the copy we are reading - into the=20
void.

Wouldn't a conscious effort at propaganda require a rather more active=20
effort at publication and dissemination?  Without that I can't see=20
Severain having contemporary politic motives as being credible.  A concern=20
for history - one that rulers often have - looks more plausible.

Matthew

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