(urth) The Wizard

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Gerry Quinn wrote:

> Wolfe isn’t “riffing hard” on Dionysus, IMO.  Some people are stretching
> hard on Dionysus.

I suspect the truth (slippery thing that it is) lies somewhere in
between. Wolfe has a definite primary meaning in mind, in which the
meanings of Silent and Silver are as given in the book; but he has the
tale of Dionysus in the back of his mind and is, if not riffing hard,
at least playing on it. For all his seriousness, Wolfe is a very
playful writer.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes