[Fwd: pynchon-l-digest V2 #1330]

[Dedalus]

Actually, a response to my _Vineland_ question would be kinda nice.  : )

What are your interpretations of the Dream of the Gentle Flood
(256)?  Could the Gentle Flood represent the Tube (with Frenesi the
dreamer soothingly watching the scene before her, aware of the
time-lapse and "wonderful song" throughout)?  Does it represent the
American Dream (with it's sense of false security and ultimate loss)?
It's such an enigmatic passage, like Melville's "Try-Works" chapter in
_Moby-Dick_, that it seems to defy any solid interpretation for this
reader (of course, it coulda just been the wine I was drinking). What do
you make of it?

Appreciatively yours,

Dedalus

David Morris wrote:

> >From:  Dedalus
>
> >True enough, but I'd rather read about Pynchon-related matters instead Of
> >all this Eminem horse$%#!.  A week!  A whole effen week devoted to that
> >stupid-ass thread.  My <delete> key is worn to a nub.
>
> Yes?  You wanna start somethin'(Pynchon-related), dog?
>
> DM
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