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[David Stockhoff]

Why?

On 11/29/2010 11:30 AM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
> David Stockhoff wrote (29-11-2010 16:13):
>> Well argued, Craig.
>>
>> Yes, I think Wolfe is deep enough as a Catholic and an author to be able
>> to weave into his narratives all sorts of apparently contradictory
>> principles. I could begin with the reader's---at least the naive
>> reader's---necessary movement from "Narration is truth" to "Narration is
>> lies" and ultimately to "Narration that is lies is also truth, maybe
>> even a better truth."
>>
>> Replace "narration" with "belief," and consider that Wolfe had a long
>> path of conversion to Catholicism, and you have your 3 texts as well as
>> a motivation for Wolfe to "create" such a long and complicated tale.
>>
>> Thanks for the Wright summary. It does seem odd that he did all this
>> work but could not make the final leap.
>
> It'd be an uncomfortable/inconvenient leap for him to make.
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