AtD: Dada in there?

[jbor at bigpond.com]

"di [sic] Chirico's street":

http://www.abcgallery.com/C/chirico/chirico9.html

Yes, Fausto ("Fausto IV") had written "critical essays" on "Hopkins,  
T.S. Eliot, and di Chirico's novel Hebdomeros" (p. 307):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878972065/sr=1-1/qid=1155634100/ 
ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0232504-5720170?ie=UTF8&s=books

I did try to read it once but didn't get very far.

Have always really liked de Chirico's paintings though.

best

On 14/08/2006:

> 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)
>
>> 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.
>