Gothicism in Postmodern Anglo-American Narratives and Media

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On the other hand, "Slow Learner" is rather amusing/ironic, if it's  
self-referential; wonder if it was TP's idea or the publisher's or agent's...?!  
Anyone have any idea?
 
- RF
 
In a message dated 08/20/2005 10:32:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
michael at michael-hussmann.de writes:

Come to  think of it, Pynchon's own titles aren't the most creative part
of his  work, are they? Calling a novel "V" after its central, enigmatic
character,  or "Mason & Dixon", which is, quite surprisingly, about the
life of  Mason and Dixon -- or "The Cying of Lot 49", which is explained
only on the  very last page of the novel, and isn't terribly significant
in itself.  "Gravity's Rainbow" is probably the best of the lot, because
of its  richness in connotations and because it does relate to central
themes of  the novel. I get the impression that Pynchon generally doesn't
care that  much about titles (which is perfectly OK with me).

-  Michael


Michael J. Hußmann

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