pynchon-l-digest V1 #178

[kellner at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu]

The comments on the Adenoid fantasy so far miss the significance for 
Pynchon and GR. To be sure, it disrupts, confuses, and probably mystifies 
at first reading but it also throws the reader into yet another 
dimension of fantasy, projection, and surrealism that complexifies the 
whole issue of textual reference and cues the reader that they are now in 
a multidimensional universe where the lines between fantasy, reality, 
dream, and surreality are blurred or rather where one is thrown into 
multiple universes. It also signals the connection to Surrealism so 
important for GR and lets the reader know that they are in for a 
surrealistic voyage....

Douglas Kellner, Dept of Philosophy, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
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