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Page xiii
... frame his own mere fictions and , like his ancestor , to seek in exile a personal mode of survival . Critics have treated the later Pynchon more kindly , but the problems of representing and surviving one's own world are remarkably ...
... frame his own mere fictions and , like his ancestor , to seek in exile a personal mode of survival . Critics have treated the later Pynchon more kindly , but the problems of representing and surviving one's own world are remarkably ...
Page 53
... frame for the way we read --and Pynchon writes - his fiction . His characters are aware of the closed system in their own world ; thus we can see them involved with the very problems that occupy us . Fausto , ALL THAT IS THE CASE 53.
... frame for the way we read --and Pynchon writes - his fiction . His characters are aware of the closed system in their own world ; thus we can see them involved with the very problems that occupy us . Fausto , ALL THAT IS THE CASE 53.
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... frame with your wastes piling up , ass hanging out all over Their Movieola viewer , waiting for Their editorial blade ” ( 694 ) ; and has a man - to- man talk with his father about their respective modes of travel . His father calls his ...
... frame with your wastes piling up , ass hanging out all over Their Movieola viewer , waiting for Their editorial blade ” ( 694 ) ; and has a man - to- man talk with his father about their respective modes of travel . His father calls his ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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