By the way that's a cute hat, and a smile so hard to resist...

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Proust. We're talking rich, beautiful, poetic descriptive detail: 
something's Pynchon's always provided, but never before to this 
degree. Proust (in the 1500-1700 pages of Proust that I've read so
far) also focuses on clothing. Though Proust's personal expression 
seems to resound in a more floral realm, the dreamy evocations of 
fin-de-sicle costume of both authors seem to be coming from a very
similar place. I suspect that Pynchon, long noted for extended fits of 
poetry, is referencing "In Search  of Lost Time in "Against the Day." 
Plenty of you have picked up the spoor of Joyce in 
"Gravity's Rainbow", so it should come as no shock that Pynchon
 might be riffing off on a literary model from the same era in 
"Against the Day". 

Kinda works on that dual-reality plane, to boot., ya know?
Kinda like, "Gravity's Rainbow" filtered through "Deadwood"?

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: kelber at mindspring.com
> Throughout the book, there's an unusual amount of detail paid to clothing 
> (cloth, color, style) and food (local delicacies, wine, beer).  No idea why.  
> Any takers?
> 
> Laura
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
> 
> >Anyone else noticed the hat motif? Particularly hats with feathers in them? 
> >Can't recall, have any of the feathers been magenta?
> >
> >I wonder if hats did actually feature in Krafft-Ebbing's studies?....
> >
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