GRGR1: Discussion opener for section 1

[Kyburz at ASU.Edu]

On Sat, 21 Sep 1996 grip at netcom.com wrote:

> 
> I always assumed that the beginning and ending were tied together, like 
> Prufrock's "over the helming" question ends with "and we drown." 
> 
> (That always is a bit much. Obviously I didn't assume that before I had 
> read the book twice and thought about it for sometime!  :)  )
> 
> grip
> 
> 
I always suspected the same thing;  Nigel Richardson and I were on the same
wavelength and have a theory regarding the resemblance to _Finnegan's Wake_
in the last line/first line connection.  I've posted it before, but if  
you want it again, let me know.  Actually, if you read the first line to 
the song on the last page, then read the first line of the novel, you'll 
find the same cadence, rhyme, and thematic coherence to suggest that the 
opener is the next verse.  Kind of all fits under the "too late" rubric 
as well as the "knotting together" theme (quoted incorrectly--picking up 
late on an earlier post).

Bonnie Lenore Kyburz
Instructor, English dept.
Arizona State University
(602) 965-7756