The Grim Phoenix: Reconstructing Thomas Pynchon |
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Page 98
... offers the promise of becoming a representational character , a postwar Ev- eryman , but this promise fades with his disintegration . If there is anything familiar about his tour , the convention lies only in his progress toward death ...
... offers the promise of becoming a representational character , a postwar Ev- eryman , but this promise fades with his disintegration . If there is anything familiar about his tour , the convention lies only in his progress toward death ...
Page 109
... offers a fitting conclusion to Pynchon's journey : " There was this old , busted TV set ; inside , where its picture tube should have been , was a human skull . The name of the piece was ' The Late , Late , Late Show " " ( 84 ) ...
... offers a fitting conclusion to Pynchon's journey : " There was this old , busted TV set ; inside , where its picture tube should have been , was a human skull . The name of the piece was ' The Late , Late , Late Show " " ( 84 ) ...
Page 113
... offer the illusion of hope . The dream , fantasy , or reverie is the most universal and accessible landscape imaginable ... offers a characteristic example as the assembled group collectively seeks its lost past in a recreation of the ...
... offer the illusion of hope . The dream , fantasy , or reverie is the most universal and accessible landscape imaginable ... offers a characteristic example as the assembled group collectively seeks its lost past in a recreation of the ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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