MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver (Italics)
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Sun Aug 25 10:11:12 CDT 2002
The example of the Driver doesn't count.
Any others?
Terrance wrote:
>
> Are the italicized words ("You" You've") indicative of action
> (whipping)?
> Where else in M&D does Pynchon italicize a word to indicate that some
> action is taking place? There are hundreds of examples in the text where
> P italicizes a word giving emphasis,
> but are there other examples in the text (or in
> any Pynchon text) where the italicized word indicates some action?
>
> Maybe Aunt Euphy with her instrument?
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