"one's homeland"

[jbor]

on 14/5/03 5:57 AM, s~Z wrote:

> Do we have to change the meaning of bombs falling into something else, or
> can we stay with the words Pynchon chose?
> 

Back in the recent _M&D_ reading Doug wrote:

> I
> assume that Pynchon knows what he's doing here and am content to base my
> reading on what he presents for us on the page without adding elements he
> chose not to add.

This was his argument when he flatly refused to accept that Dixon's
statement of intent, the slavedriver's broken tooth, the grammar Pynchon
uses, the emphatic italicisations in the text as Dixon strikes at the man
with the whip, or the description of the man cowering in the ditch after the
attack, in any way supported the interpretation that Dixon physically
assaults the man in Ch. 72.

Now he seems content enough to base his reading of the Foreword on what is
not presented on the page, and adding in elements which Pynchon chose not to
add.

It's difficult to take him seriously.

best