Homer Lost in Timespace
Henry M
gravity at dcez.nicom.com
Tue Oct 29 17:24:41 CST 1996
A-and how about that Flatland book by Somebody Abbott(?)?
On 29 Oct 96 at 17:11, LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:11:21 -0600 (CST)
> From: LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
> Subject: Homer Lost in Timespace
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>
> Andrew Walser comments:
> "What if we considered the whole thing a version of the allegory of
> the cave in Plato's REPUBLIC? Homer the philosopher ascends from
> the dimness of two-dimensionality to discover new objects of love .
> . .
>
> Instead of eternal truths, of course, he finds angel-food breasts
> and pudendal brownies -- but who wants to turn a Simpson into a
> Socrates?"
>
> The whole thing is summed up in Homer's immortal phrase:
> "Mmmmm. Erotic cakes!"
>
> But actually, we'd be advised to recall Homer's regret at being in
> warp of spacetime locus: "If only I'd read that book by that
> wheelchair guy!"
>
>
> Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
>
Keep Cool, but care. -- TRP
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