themes of loss

[gravity]

On 24 Aug 97 at 8:27, Meg Larson <mgl at svsu.edu> wrote:
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> Mason, btw, is starting to remind me of Gilgamesh after Enkidu's
> death:
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Yeah, and it's something new for Pynchon. We've seen loss before, 
but, if I am not mistaken, this is the first time that the finality 
of death really effects a major Pynchon character. When whatshisname 
lost his Ursula the lemming, she was still alive, Roger, Jessica. 
Even in V...

AsB4,
Henry Musikar
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