MDDM Ch. 70 Tim Tox and the Golem

[jbor]

Otto wrote:

> Agreed, what do you think the possible defenestration Mason mentions
> (685.17) alludes to? Prague 1618?

Quite possible, although the Golem and 'The Rabbi of Prague' seem to refer
to a different, though nearly contemporary story from European Jewish
history. But Immanuel Ice did refer to the Peace of Westphalia (1648) which
ended the Thirty Years War, and which the Defenestration at Prague heralded.

Also, there's a reference to "the Defenestration of the Clothiers in '56"
(198.3) at Stroud, mentioned again at 503.17-8. (Not to mention Zoyd in
_Vineland_.)

Pynchon really seems to enjoy a good defenestration!

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