D de R

[j minnich]

Benji writes:
>
>	I want to interupt conversation about _GR_ and through out a 
>question about Crying.  My question relates to the influence of Dennis de 
>Rougemont "Love In the Western World".  It may be a boring question for 
>most but I am a new reader; a pynchon virgin of sorts.  

"A Pynchon virgin?"  Now there's a pregnant phrase!
>
>	What I'm curious/need reasurrance about is:  The Tristero 
>is obviously a myth by Tristan (the first book in Love in the Western World) 
>standards? 

This leaves me mystified.  How is it obvious?  Please explain, cuz I don't
understand.

>Question dos-
>
>	The misfortunes of passion in LITWW lead me to believe that 
>Pynchon and William Shakes write/wrote with the same idea of passion.  
>Q-2 is do Oedipa and Hamlet share the same passion which drives them 
>deeper into the plot	
>

I need to read LITWW.  Almost checked it out a coupla weeks ago.

                                -j minnich