M&D&P--Charles Clerc

[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Richard Romeo wrote:

> Hey all--just came by this:
> 
> Mason & Dixon & Pynchon
> 
>   By Charles Clerc
> 
>    University Press of America.
> 
>                $26.50
>                      Paper
>                           0-7618-1792-1
>                                      September2000
>                                                   256pp
> 
> 
> 
>   Charles Clerc's Mason & Dixon & Pynchon is the first book-length critical 
> study of Thomas Pynchon's latest novel. Clerc's study
>   approaches the novel from a variety of perspectives, including historical 
> and literary. Substantial attention is given to the time
>   period. A survey of over 50 critical responses to the book and excerpts 
> from the journal of Mason and Dixon are also included.

Reminds me that someone--some lister--once said that a Companion-type
volume for the novel was in the works. Something like Weisenburger's on
GR, with useful facts and background information to help readers with
P's take on things but only interpretation. Did such a thing ever come
out? Or is this possibly it?

		P.