Parody & History

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Hollander doesn't mention the Modigliani neck, but he told
us to look it up in Britannica and that's very good advice.
In any event, see Those Pynchon Notes 26-27 where Hollander
identifies some of P's most important techniques. He notes
that Cleanthes was the student of Zeno. Zeno is very
important to GR. In any event, just thinking of Kute
connections here: 

http://odin.english.udel.edu/teague/brooks96.html



Of always thought that P owed a debt to Upton Sinclair. Oil,
Jungle, maybe, maybe not, maybe William Saroyan? 

Anyway, Holton's reply to Plater's *Grim Phoenix is golden,
Thanks Dave. 

Two more essays worth looking into here, mentioned both
before but...

Imperium, Misogyny, And Postmodern Parody In Thomas
Pynchon's V. by Stefan Mattessich
ELH 65 (1998) 503-524 
And another good Mark D. Hawthorne essay, " Hermaphrodite
Sort Of Deity, Sexuality, Gender, And Gender Blending In
Thomas Pynchon's V. Studies in the Novel, Vol. 29, number 1,
Spring 97, 74-91