GRGR(6) - section 8 (#3)

Terrance F. Flaherty Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Wed Jul 28 13:29:52 CDT 1999


GR does more than The Confidence Man to justify the fall of man to fallen man?
Or maybe I've been to PunLow fair
and left my gray mass god knows where.

Terrance--eating poisoned meat.


keith woodward wrote:

> Terrance "This-Is-Stupid-Stuff" Flaherty wrote:
> >Weisenburger (though I think his GRC a great companion)  is dead wrong. There
> >are no proleptic and analeptic jump cuts. Pynchon follows his mentor
> >Melville--and specifically, Melville's "The Confidence Man." Pynchon can count
> >and so can Melville. April fools. Here comes the rocket or chamber pot.
>
> Are you suggesting that the rocket launching and the Theatre scene occur
> simultaneously (within the time of the text)?
>
> Keith W




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