Re: RARA-AVIS: Spenser.

From: Jess Nevins ( jjnevins@ix.netcom.com)
Date: 14 Dec 2000

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William Denton wrote:

> On 14 December 2000, jjnevins@ix.netcom.com wrote:
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> : So which is it? If he's at heart a Marlowe clone, why is he so talky
> : and dumb? And if he's really talky and dumb, how can he be a Marlowe
> : clone?
>
> By being a bad one?

Bad Marlowe clones take his taciturnity and one-liners to an exaggerated degree. They don't go away from the things that are easiest to identify and duplicate and begin displaying traits that Marlowe never exhibited.

If Spenser is a Marlowe clone, he's got a lot less in common with Marlowe than many another clone.

jess

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