Gleason: Postmodern Labyrinths of Lot 49

[jbor at bigpond.com]

An intelligent and very readable essay (pdf) which considers _Lot 49_ 
alongside Pynchon's excellent 'Watts' article and _The Great Gatsby_. 
Makes mention of "the map of Fangoso Lagoons that flashes on the TV at 
Echo Courts", along with many other of the maps, circuits, patterns, 
mazes (along with "Pynchon's mazy prose", puns and "feminist 
discourse"), branchings, boundaries etc. which figure in the text, and 
much else:

'The postmodern labyrinths of _Lot 49_' by William Gleason. _Critique_ 
34.2, Winter 1993, pp. 83-99.

Abstract
Reflects on the landscape, design and dynamics of _The Crying of Lot 
49_ with reference to Wendy Faris's discourse _Labyrinths of Language_, 
Culler, Eco, rhizomes et al. No spurious 'Star Wars' comparisons.

best