Wynken de Wilde

[AcademyNS]

The only reference of which I know for the name is a real individual, a
15th-Century printer and typographer named Wynken de Worde, who was an
apprentice to the great printer/editor/typographer William Caxton. Anne
Rice undoubtably loves books, and I think would very probably enjoy
reading about their history, and it was from this source that she probably
took the name. If you want to know more about de Worde, see chapter 5 of
"The Smithsonian Book of Books."

[Rae-Ann]

Does anyone know the significance of Wynken de Wilde and his books in
Memnoch the Devil?
--
Rae-Ann

[Chris J. Scheiman]

> Does anyone know the significance of Wynken de Wilde and his books in
> Memnoch the Devil?
> --

I'll tell you what I *thought* it meant, which is absolutely wrong.
I was thinking Lestat would help Memnoch in part by having Dora
start a new religious movement based on those books. Based on the
sensuality Memnoch and Lestat loved so much.

Maybe they were there to indicate a human perspective of things.
After Memnoch slept with the outcast woman, he thought that was
the best way for humans. Sensuality. Pleasure. Without the Wynken
de Wilde books, it might have come across as these outsiders (Memnoch
and Lestat) saying "yeah, this is how it should be; too bad they can't
see this." But they have. Wynken de Wilde has. Roger has.

Mabye they were there for Dora to reject.
Maybe they were there to give Roger his own (pure or impure?) vision. To
give him substance.
Maybe they were there for Lestat to turn to to recover.

I'm clueless, actually. I think this is one of those questions that
has been answered well before, but months ago.

chris

[vampirepr...@gmail.com]

i am reading this book now, and like all of anne rice's books i am hooked!! i don't think that memnoch wants lestat to have anyhthing to do with dora... he says she is a distraction. i have also seen another loop in the book, dora has a feminist church group - 'she'll be marching them into heaven, women leading' and then there is a passage in the book, that talks about creation, and that the angels found their own beauty in females once they began to look different than the cave men, then the men would sleep with the best looking women and they would make beautiful men... so memnoch implied that he had feminine qualities, so i agree with the cris dude... aswell...