MDDM: ch. 67 "Garden Pests"

[Doug Millison]

Otto:
> it's
> unlikely that TRP has "anticipated" especially
> Robert's analysis. 

I'm satisfied that Pynchon is several steps ahead of
his readers.

> Tzvetan
> Todorov 

I had the pleasure to take classes from him when he
was a visiting professor in the UC Berkeley department
of French many years ago. Smart man.


>conceit: too high opinion of, too much pride in,
>oneself or one's 
>abilities

Back to the dictionary, my friend:

conceit
\Con*ceit"\, n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a
conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf.
OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and
cf. Concept, Deceit.] 

1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the
mind; idea; thought; image; conception. 

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=conceit






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