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Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Wed Jun 25 13:05:20 CDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 14:07, Burns, Erik wrote:
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> I think we're on to something here. After all, didn't VN famously say "all
> reading is rereading" - and that notion is important to Kinbote and to _Pale
> Fire_, as all the haggling here about how to (re)read it proves. Perhaps
> Pynchon's moved on to "all television is reruns"?

Yes, just try to watching a Seinfeld you haven't seen before.

It happens now and then. But a very unnerving experience.

P.


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> certainly one of the most pleasant things about VN and Pynchon (and plenty
> of other writers) is that re-reading is re-warding.
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> etb
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