LPPM MMV "Siegel"

[Dave Monroe]

     "Just as Siegel got to the address Rachel had
given him it started to rain again...."  (MMV, p. 1)


Siegel

Who is Jules Siegel?

Jules Siegel is a scientifically-literate writer,
photographer and graphic designer....

http://www.cafecancun.com/bookarts/jsiegel.htm

In the world of Pynchon scholarship and cultural
plurality, Jules Siegel is perhaps best known for his
famous article "Who Is Thomas Pynchon ... And Why Is
He Taking Off With My Wife?" (originally published in
Playboy, March, 1977). For those of us who missed it
during the last 20 years, the article is reprinted in
its entirety in his new book, Lineland, although it is
not mentioned in the book's table of "Contents."

It tells the story of how Siegel's first wife Chrissie
Jolly was involved with perhaps the greatest writer of
the late 20th century, Thomas Pynchon. Siegel's name
also emerges from the depths of Pynchonian history, in
a character named Cleanth Siegel, from Pynchon's first
short story "Mortality and Mercy in Vienna" Epoch 9,
no. 4 (Spring 1959): 195-213, which also accounts for
part of Lineland's subtitle....

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_lineland.html

Siegel, Jules.  "Who is Thomas Pynchon ... and Why
   Did He Take off with My Wife?," Playboy 34 (March
   1977): 97, 122, 168-74.

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9505&msg=1496

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9505&msg=1497

Siegel, Jules and Christine Wexler.  Lineland:
   Mortality and Mercy on the Internet's
   Pynchon-L at Waste.Org Discussion List. 
   Philadelphia: Intangible Assets Mfg., 1997.

http://www.cafecancun.com/bookarts/lineland.htm


Rachel

“Siegel” is German for “seal”, and similar to “sigil”
as well. Or it could be, you know, someone he knew.
“Rachel” is Hebrew for “innocent lamb” or similar.
Note that female characters in this story are
frequently given only a first name, (Debby Considine
is the exception), while male characters are given a
surname or full name.

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0303&msg=77296


	
		
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