(urth) memory and Suzanne (offshot of Typhon's nature)

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

David, Gerry --

I agree with both of you.

Knowing about the Proust connection is not necessary for understanding
and enjoying "Suzanne Delage." However, if you do know it, it provides
a lovely additional "easter egg" of meaning.

--Dan'l

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 10/17/2011 12:49 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 10/17/11, Gerry Quinn /<gerry at bindweed.com>/* wrote:
>> > >
>> I don’t agree that the name of the main character in Suzanne Delage is
>> significant, or that it is about memory.  Sure, the name is apparently that
>> of a minor character in Proust, and Wolfe is known to like Proust.  But
>> nobody has ever, as far as I know, proposed any particular connection
>> between the actual Proust character who bears the same name, and the
>> character in Wolfe’s story.  If the story was called Mary Macdonald, I would
>> read it exactly the same way as I do.
>>
>>
> Demonstrable connections between Suzanne Delage and Proust don't necessarily
> need to be critical ones (that the story would die without) to be rich, or
> useful, or true. Nor do they need to make everything crystal clear---it
> would be nice if they did, but art is often counterintuitive.
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes