Slothrop's Nativity & Religous upbringing...

[Douglas Lannark]

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From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:04:24 +1000

>
>The passage where Geli and Slothrop stand atop the Brocken and throw their
>shadows across the countryside (329-330) throws up a few more details about
>"Slothrop's family tree" and confirms the link between Tyrone and Pynchon.
>It also connects back to the setting of 'The Secret Integration' ("Snodd's
>Mountain" -- there are clues later, too, in 'The Occupation of Mingeborough'
>fragment at 744), which Pynchon describes as follows in the 'Introduction'
>to Slow Learner:
>
>   " ... this is a hometown story, one of the few times I tried to write
>   directly out of the landscape and experiences I grew up with ... "
>                                                         (SL 20-21)
>
>This might not be relevant to your project, however.
>
>best

Hello "jbor!"

Thanks for the info - sort of missed it myself!!  Any tips on any plausible virgo birth date in 1918?

Uncle D.



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