(urth) a note on allusions in In Looking Glass Castle and Cherry Jubilee

[Mo Holkar]

At 16:58 21/08/2014, Marc wrote:
>To do my due diligence in researching In Looking 
>Glass Castle, I had to read Sylvie and Bruno, 
>look up which stories where in The Metamorphosis 
>and other stories and re-read or skim them, 
>trust my memory of Maupassant and read perhaps 
>a dozen random stories before coming back to the 
>impression that indeed "The Horla" was being referenced,


This is a great spot, Marc, thanks! It sheds a lot of light.

It is perhaps notable that the best translation 
of the invented word 'Horla' is 'Outsider'. 
Maupassant's tale was surely an influence on 
Lovecraft's story of that name, which could be 
seen as an inversion of it -- and he cites it 
approvingly in his famous essay on supernatural 
horror in literature -- but it would be 
surprising if it didn't also resonate with Wolfe.

best,

Mo


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