NPPF More On Seizures - LATH

[Don Corathers]

I'd like to hear Charles (or someone) expand on this. I've done a little bit
of Googly reading and I understand the idea that a seizure might produce a
fugue state in which an individual would be separated from his former
identity. The principle of how this might apply to a reading of Pale Fire is
obvious, but I'm completely fogged in as to how it might resort the
narrative and the internal authorship questions. A theory, please.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "charles albert" <calbert at hslboxmaster.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: NPPF More On Seizures - LATH


> I assure you that I am not holding out....I am hoping that someone more
> qualified can engage the matter, and that in unison we might make
> progress....
>
> But the short version of what I do understand is as follows.
>
> Fugue state is an element of grand mal seizures, and involve the emergence
> of a differentiated personality which takes "flight", literally.....A
> prominent example would be Kaspar Hauser
> http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/me/notes/kaspar-hauser.html
>
> One problem with this angle is that, if relevant, it informs the
> relationship between Shade and Kinbote in a fairly definitive way, and
this,
> in turn, creates a problem with respect to the "timing" of such a
discussion
> in the current read. I am fairly confident that I may be on the right
> track - but I would love to hear some kind of challenge to my assumptions
> from the assembled learned.....
>
> I also must admit that I have been sending you such hints under the
> assumption that you were in a related field.....
>
> It is lonely out here in left field - a few moments with google ("charcot
> fugue state") would bring anyone to the point where I am at.........and I
> urge the bright lights to take a look at this angle and prod the
discussion
> along....
>
> Furthermore, I must plead extenuating circumstances in my personal and
> professional life which I had no way to anticipate when I joined those
> arguing for this effort - I had visions of a summer devoted to Nab and my
> golf game, and I've been screwed.......
>
> And I type even more slowly than I think.....
>
> I can appreciate your pique - but run with the plea for assistance, and
> let's see what it yields...
>
> love,
> cfa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sZ" <keithsz at concentric.net>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: NPPF More On Seizures - LATH
>
>
> > >>>I would urge anyone seeking to grasp the function of seizures in PF
to
> > learn
> > about "fugue states"<<<
> >
> > I would urge you to share your research and connections as part of the
> group
> > read.
> >
> >
>
>