(urth) Memorare

[Matthew King]

On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:51 AM, James B. Jordan wrote:

> I've been away so much that I may have missed it, but have we  
> discussed "Memorare" here yet?
>
> Spoiler space
>
>
> I was struck by the fact that Wolfe makes himself the godplaying  
> dead man. It would be easy to have the statue be that of "Richard  
> Nixon" or "Hitler" or someone else, but Wolfe takes upon himself  
> the role of god-playing tyrant. He seems to be saying that he's as  
> potentially evil as anyone else. Salvation is only by grace, as the  
> prayers and title indicate.

I wondered if anyone else would think the statue was of Wolfe.  Is  
the GW in Memorare the first head of Cerberus?  That seems like too  
much of a closed circle.

Matthew