Baldanders, Acies Castle & the Citadel

Lisa Schaffer-Doggett · 29 Jul 2003, 07:12 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: Lisa Schaffer-Doggett <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Baldanders, Acies Castle & the Citadel
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:12:44 -0700
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On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 10:24 PM, Chris wrote:

> Baldanders was the Typhon That Could Have Been, this I think is=20
> explicitly intended.
>
> All in all, the allegorical element is so strong with Baldanders,=20
> Talos, and Jolenta that my first inclination was to treat Severian as=20
> I would a "real" historical author: that is, to say that he invented=20
> them to make a point.
>
> All in all I think we pay too little attention to the fact that=20
> Severian is, among other things, an author. And despite his disavowals=20
> he knows all about literary devices and how to use them properly. And=20
> consider this: if Wolfe inventing Borges in a novel is inventive,=20
> consider how much more so it is to have Severian (a character invented=20
> by Wolfe) invent Borges, or Delaney (who I have not read and can add=20
> nothing to the discussion of his influence).
>
> So I think it bears some examination. Is the story of Baldanders an=20
> allegory of Wolfe's, or of Severian's? It would be easy to say that it=20
> made no difference, but I suspect that it does.
>
> Civet
>


Brilliant!  I feel however, that you must soon go mad.  Perhaps then=20
you will see that Ymar is the first Severian.  hahahahahahahah...ahem.


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