Minor Fourths

Linda H. Segrest lhs at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Tue Jun 25 22:34:21 CDT 1996


	C'mon, Pynchon's allowed to mess up!  Of course there are no such
things as minor fourths.  Cf. his intro to _Slow Learner_ where he admits
to misusing words and letting them slip into...oops...the final copy.
	Plus, think about his own assertion that he was so messed up on
chemicals (amphetamines?) while writing _Gravity's Rainbow_ that even HE
doesn't know what he meant in certain spots.  "Flawless" is not a word
that I would use to describe V, or GR, or any literature, or anything,
really...it's either potent or middling, not perfect or imperfect.	
	
								-T.J.






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