VLVL2 (9): "a room of her own" and WORK

[Tim Strzechowski]

So the concept of WORK that you are exploring / proposing is one that
centers primarily around monetary transaction?  I ask, because each of the
examples in your response (Odysseus, Don Q, Canterbury pilgrims, etc.)
reflects WORK in terms of task orientation, laborious undertaking, or
exertion / activity directed toward a specific purpose or end.  Work,
indeed.

And it's fine if your WORK angle relies more on its relation to "labor,"
"industry," etc., but must it need to exclude the other?  If so, why?

And again, my question:  have you found thus far that Pynchon offers any
*new* insights to this theme, considering its prominance in other authors'
efforts (notably Dickens, Steinbeck, Shakespeare, Orwell, Faulkner, et al)?

Respectfully,

Tim



Terrance:

> Well, Genesis is about Work, that's true, but Odysseus wanted to stay
> home and work the farm but that would have been pretty boring Journey
> and war is always more interesting than work, GR is better because its a
> bout war, anyway with a name like Ulysses ... and the Green Knight
> doesn't work, he's on a mission from God, Don Q, likewise, is
> technically and chivalristically unemployed, the Canterbury pilgrims all
> have professions, but they are on a pilgrimage, Paradise Lost is not
> about God's work but about God's ways .... War and Peace is about war
> and peace ....
>