VLVL2 (1) "More Is Less"�

[Dave Monroe]

In a novel set in 1984 by a guy who had previously
used a phrase from Orwell's novel, 1984, for the title
of a collection of his own short stories published in,
hey, whaddaya know, 1984, and who would later write an
introudction to that very same novel.  And he's no
slouch when it comes to allusions to romanticism(s) or
modernism(s), either.   And this is just one little
example of Pynchon's penchant for the polysemous ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> on 15/7/03 1:42 PM, Dave Monroe at
> monrovius at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > Ah, but we're talking Vineland here  ...
> 
> Where the phrase is used as the punning name of a
> "discount store for larger-sized women" (4.15).
>
> bust

Speaking of polysemiosis ...



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