post- Fruedian slips

[Paul Mackin]

From: Pierre-Yves Petillon <petillon at elias.ens.fr>

> I just happen to be reading that PhD dissertation on Willa Cather.
> Talks about the Frontier novel. Traces it all the way back to Cotton
> Mather's MagnOlia Christi Americana.
                      (snip)
>         Has anybody on the Pynchon-l any clue, any sneaky preview or
> fore-shadow to offer of what the book is about.
>         Is it really about Magnolia?

Submitted Mather's work to MY spellchecker, and it wanted to make
the same "correction". Thought it might also choke on Christi. Kind of
foreign sounding. That Cotton and his Latin.

But seriously, hope there WILL be an opportunity for Pynch
to include female characters in the book. Persons of African
descent as well. At first blush (or blossom) C18 doesn't sound
very promising for Katjes and Jessicas, Malcolms and Birds. 

Maybe just showing me lack of imagination.

				P.