Proper naming in Pynchon

[Andrew Dinn]

Aaron Yeater writes:

[re prairie/persephone]

> I would echo this only to say that I think there is no "might" about 
> it.  The episode at the end where Brock comes via helicopter to carry 
> her off felt like the Persephone story, and Persephone plays a role 
> in the Orpheus story as well (it's she who prevails upon hades to let 
> Eurydice follow Orpheus out, if i remember my greek myths and 
> legends...) linking her back to GR...

Oh, of course the other thing is Prairie and Frenesi's golden hair and
cornflower blue eyes. Frenesi has to be a Corn Goddess, doesn't she?
(read that description ironically, of course. I means CHiPS?)

I don't deny that one can see such parallels but the question remains
if they are there then why? For the life of me I have not been able to
come up with any good reason. Orpheus and his harp, well yes, not just
because it is sanctioned by the cringingly good pun, but because it
fits with all sorts of other things.


Andrew Dinn
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