FUNKY CAPITaLIZATION iN m&D

[Joaquin Stick]

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Scott Fleisher wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a-any theory as to why Pynchon uses such funky
> capitalization in M&D?  My best guess is that he is challenging the
> manner in which we attribute borders to alleged objects in the world--or
> questioning the relative importance we give to various objects.  Help?

O..o..or it could just be a parody/imitation of Eighteenth Century
capitalization techniques as found in, say, contemporary printings of
works by Swift and Pope. Capitalization rules weren't always as nitpicky
as they are today (we have the late 19th century to thank/blame for that)
and if you look at a facsimile (or even the original, if you're that
lucky) of a text from the period, you'll find all sorts of words
capitalized (German still works much like this today). 

Allegedly objectionable,

	D. Alfred Fledermaus