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Reconstructing Thomas Pynchon William M. Plater. the specific shape whose center of gravity is the Brennschluss Point ? " ( 302 ) For Blicero , the shape is his special rocket ooooo , the vehicle for his complete and ultimate control of ...
Reconstructing Thomas Pynchon William M. Plater. the specific shape whose center of gravity is the Brennschluss Point ? " ( 302 ) For Blicero , the shape is his special rocket ooooo , the vehicle for his complete and ultimate control of ...
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... shape , even create , experience is undenia- ble . In Pynchon's hands , however , this power of Baedeker stands as a symbol of man's knowledge of the world , a world known only by its representation . Baedeker selects the details of ...
... shape , even create , experience is undenia- ble . In Pynchon's hands , however , this power of Baedeker stands as a symbol of man's knowledge of the world , a world known only by its representation . Baedeker selects the details of ...
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... shape is " the shape of lovers curled asleep " ( 302 ) and it is also the " ancient rune that stands for the yew tree , or Death " ( 302 ) . In his complex Rocket symbol Pynchon integrates life and death with as many attendant forms as ...
... shape is " the shape of lovers curled asleep " ( 302 ) and it is also the " ancient rune that stands for the yew tree , or Death " ( 302 ) . In his complex Rocket symbol Pynchon integrates life and death with as many attendant forms as ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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