Gap

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

the bit about the gumdrop party (huh?) reminds me of the ad, not so long 
ago appearing in major mags, for the Gap.  There was only a greyish 
backdrop, like the ones used to feature, say, name-a-star.  The 
postscript would be something like:  [name-any-star] wears Gap jeans.

The TRP add said:  "Thomas Pychon wears chinos by Gap"  (not sure if it 
was chinos or what, but you get the idea.)  I laughed out loud and don't 
know why I didn't save it.  IT might make a fun entry for the PPP.

On another point, I'm trying to place an essay I recently wrote on Samuel 
BEckett's three novels and field models.  ANy suggestions?  By the way, 
in the paper, I note that on pages 241, 273, 277, 371, and 390, are 
expressions later explored by TRP, all suggesting that "it is too late."  
That same phrase appears again and again in the novels, sometimes in 
slightly altered fashion.  There are more than those I noted. You see, as 
I was reading, I only started to notice their frequency after I'd read a 
bit into the texts.   Also, BEckett's "nothing to be done," of Godot 
fame, finds itself in the novels on numerous occasion, as does Heller's 
"something happened," probably most often cited on 179, 296, 310, 323, 
334, 344, 345, 360, 366, 371, 390, 397, and 398.  All appropriate 
expressions as the novels seem imbricated with often extremely subtle 
allusions to thermonuclear weaponry, an area I have not seen discussed in 
Beckett studies, although I'm new to this ground.  MOst deals with the 
absurd, the nihilist, etc.  

My professor suggested I send it to Contemporary LIterature, but I feel 
like that's the impossible dream.  Any help here?

Thanks.

Bonnie