V2nd - chapter 11 - more examples - Bastardized?

[Ian Livingston]

Well, he is, yes, a Henry Adams stencil. I have no reservation on that
whatsoever. His quarry is V. He uses his best methods of detection to
search for V., beginning with his initial inquiries into  his father's
journals. His role as detective is precursor to Oedipa's, who,
likewise, both is and is not a detective. I can't limit Stencil to
H.A.

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:14 AM, alice wellintown
<alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is Stencil a detective? He is said to be an adenturer. This is a
> parodic description of Henry Adams, who reminds his readers again and
> again, that he is not an adventurer and thus his is a story of
> Education not Adventure. Of course, like Stencil he imposes his
> subjective confessions on to history, or stencilizes them, even as he
> manuevers to avoid the limited and ambiguous and unreliable first
> person. Stencil is a cery Modern and Romantic hero; his quest is who
> he is or one who looks for V.
>
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Ian Livingston
> <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Blank parody of Sam Spade. Nothing intended in the parody but a bit of
>> a snicker. His role as detective is plain enough, the femme fatale
>> clear enough, the vertiginous complication messy enough, but the
>> detective is a bit of a wimp, no?
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:07 AM, alice wellintown
>> <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hence, too, The Maltese Falcon. I do believe we have to include
>>>> Hammett in the discussion of Malta and things Maltese. Surely Stencil
>>>> is a soft-boiled pastiche of Spade in some ways, yes?
>>>
>>> Stencil is a Soft-boiled pastiche? Sounds interesting, but I can quite
>>> make out your meaning.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "liber enim librum aperit."
>>
>



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"liber enim librum aperit."