M&D phrase; Deleuze & Guattari origin?

Daniel O'Hara daniel.ohara at christ-church.oxford.ac.uk
Thu May 22 20:29:06 CDT 1997


On Thu, 22 May 1997 andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk wrote:
(with reference to Deleuze & Guattari)

> Who said he *studied* it? That `fake book' pun sounds more like a
> rejection to me.

You can`t have your cake and eat it, Mr. Dinn. If the `fake book` phrase
is a snub (and note that the text doesn`t say `fake book`), then Pynchon
must at least have read D&G. On the other hand, if Pynchon hasn`t read
D&G, as you seem to want to believe, the D&G reference cannot be a
snub. 

But the phrase in question, `Vector of Desire`: I believe
<jeremy at xyris.com> wanted to know where he might have come across it
before. And Mr. Philip Muth suggested Lacan. I suggest the Anti-Oedipus. 
The phrase is at least used in both, whereas I believe it is not used in
`The Education of Henry Adams`, however many vectors are to be found
therein. Perhaps the `Education` has a suspiciously large quota of `A and
V words`?




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