(urth) Severian / Christ / Logos / Apocatastasis

[David Duffy]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Son of Witz wrote:

> It seems a thoroughly postmodern view to embrace any and all readings. 
> while a consensus on objective meaning seems philosophically impossible, 
> and thus it seems "any interpretation is relevant". Which is fine in if 
> you treasure that miasma of postmodern democratic mediocrity and endless 
> relativity. I don't think all readings are truly equal or relevant or 
> consistent. Some speak to the authors intentions, and some completely 
> miss the point.

I don'y have the time or the expertise to argue it, but I think Wolfe is a
bog-standard modernist.  _BotNS_ is his _Ulysses_, filled up with things to
keep readers busy for the next hundred years.  And like Joyce, he has
sometimes had to let out a few hints for the dense -- you may recall that
_Ulysses_ didn't originally have chapter titles.

Unlike Blish, I can't remember any direct allusions to Joyce in Wolfe's
writings, though he channels everyone else ;).

David Duffy.

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