AtD: Dada in there?

[jbor at bigpond.com]

Also, Giorgio de Chirico's paintings (and his creepy mannequins in 
particular) seem to have been a big influence on Pynchon around the 
time of V.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_De_Chirico

"[...] but Paola, whom he had been trying to avoid, pinned him between 
the black fireplace and a print of di [sic] Chirico's street." (303)

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On 14/08/2006:

> The comments in the SL 'Intro' are interesting, and I agree that he 
> cites Surrealism as an influence (p. 20). He sorta says that he 
> "missed the main point of the movement" (Breton's Communism?) because 
> he "became fascinated" with the visual impact of its art, the 
> juxtaposition of unfamiliar elements thing (i.e, the aesthetic 
> principles of Surrealist painting and performance). I think he's 
> right: you can probably see more of the latter in V. than in GR, which 
> I think is more conscientiously woven together. V. strikes me as a 
> very strong influence on David Mitchell, for example.
>
> NB that Breton was in with the Dadaistes.