Classic quest

[David Morris]

Bruce earlier:
"If this topic opens up, I'll dig into the archives and find my
research notes."

Me:
Consider it opened.

>From: JL
>
>bruce s :
>
> >All true, which makes it securely part of classic quest literature.  I 
>link
> >Slothrop very directly to Wolfram's Parsival as the holy fool whose quest 
>is
> >directed from the outside in order that he may gain the wisdom to achieve
> >the grail.  [ snipped ]
>
>uh, but that slothrop -- he's, like, BOTH -
>  percival and grail
>  protagonist and macguffin
>  snipe and shaft
>  cause and effect
>  means and end
>
>how classic is that ?
>
>JL

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