re SLSL "TSR" swamp

[Prudencio Aguilar]

--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Doug
> > Pynchon's got the
> > weather and the terrain right here, he didn't have
> to
> > modify the natural setting in order to make it
> work
> > with his literary allusions and imagery.
> 
> jbor:
> That's OK Doug. I disagree. Thanks anyway.
> 
> 
> No problemo, read it as you like.  But Pynchon's
> description of south Louisiana terrain is correct,
> so
> building up an interpretation of the story based on
> the notion that Pynchon has altered the landscape to
> fit his literary allusions is bogus. 
> 
> -Doug

Excellent summary, jbor. Doug, I think your knowledge
of the area is useful to a point, but Fort Roach is
The Wasteland that Pynchon created in the story. 

Also, jbor, I think you underestimate the "literary
theft" from Hemingway. 

Cheers, 

Pru

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