Pirate's Gift/dream theory

Heikki Raudaskoski hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi
Mon May 29 04:39:23 CDT 1995



On Sun, 28 May 1995 Dkipen at aol.com wrote:

> Unrelated remora thought #2: Has any writer ever used the ellipsis to as
> great effect as TRP? What Amherst Em did for the dash -- with which Tom no
> slouch, neither -- the Glen Cove cyclone for those three little turds...

When it comes to _GR_'s ellipses -- as well as its narrative mood as a 
whole -- Celine's _Mort a credit_ (I can't remember the English title)
might have inspired TRP. 

> David

Heikki



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