The Grim Phoenix: Reconstructing Thomas Pynchon |
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... stand - in for Pynchon , but it would be a greater mistake not to recognize Pyn- chon's closed world in Fausto's room . The poet's confession may be as much Pynchon's playful apology for his earlier narrative voice as it is Fausto's ...
... stand - in for Pynchon , but it would be a greater mistake not to recognize Pyn- chon's closed world in Fausto's room . The poet's confession may be as much Pynchon's playful apology for his earlier narrative voice as it is Fausto's ...
Page 70
... stand that perception rather than the place is the source of alienation . This latter condition of tourism offers Pynchon a model for the way in which his characters can discover their world - a world not merely of places , things , and ...
... stand that perception rather than the place is the source of alienation . This latter condition of tourism offers Pynchon a model for the way in which his characters can discover their world - a world not merely of places , things , and ...
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... stand for , the symbolism , are interchangeable in a way that tran- scends rational explanation yet holds the promise of an ultimate truth . The text's interpreters must of necessity be priests and magi- cians , for only their ...
... stand for , the symbolism , are interchangeable in a way that tran- scends rational explanation yet holds the promise of an ultimate truth . The text's interpreters must of necessity be priests and magi- cians , for only their ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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