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Page 70
... knowledge of the place he visits . If he has any knowledge at all it is preconceived and designed to help him see the country from the vantage of some arbitrarily selected , but general- ized , point of reference , such as a Baedeker ...
... knowledge of the place he visits . If he has any knowledge at all it is preconceived and designed to help him see the country from the vantage of some arbitrarily selected , but general- ized , point of reference , such as a Baedeker ...
Page 100
... Knowledge - a union of good and evil , man's mastery of energy for destruction and salvation . In leaving a simpler world behind after tasting the fruits of this new tree , man's journey into landscape carries with it an intensified ...
... Knowledge - a union of good and evil , man's mastery of energy for destruction and salvation . In leaving a simpler world behind after tasting the fruits of this new tree , man's journey into landscape carries with it an intensified ...
Page 242
... knowledge , their technologies , and the cleverness of their own designs . It is not surprising , then , that Moles's assessment of the value of information theory serves equally well for Pynchon's fiction : it seems , necessarily , to ...
... knowledge , their technologies , and the cleverness of their own designs . It is not surprising , then , that Moles's assessment of the value of information theory serves equally well for Pynchon's fiction : it seems , necessarily , to ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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