MDDM Ch. 11 Summary

[jbor]

Thanks, my oversight. Lomax had already been introduced, and the framing
scene simply carries across the chapter divide, as someone had pointed out.

I'd also be interested to find out why "Philadelphia Soap" is a "Byword ...
of low Quality" (47.19), and whether there's anything beyond the literal
explanation of that reference.

best

> From: "John Bailey" <johnbonbailey@[omitted]>
> To: jbor@[omitted], pynchon-l@[omitted]
> Subject: Re: MDDM Ch. 11 Summary
> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 17:38:43 +1100
> 
> 
> I find Lomax's name fascinating. I have no idea why. Anyone with any
> thoughts please elaborate. It just *sounds* like soap to me. There was a
> Lomax who was a very famous American musicologist. And Lomax is also, if I
> recall, a French company who make some obscure mechanical parts for
> something. Can't remember. But it just *sounds* like a soap company.
> I'm sure it does.

>> "Genial Uncle Lomax", younger than
>> Ives but older than Ethelmer, has joined the "Den of Parlor Apes"