ATD: the title

[Rcfchess at aol.com]

In a message dated 07/24/2006 11:51:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pynchonoid at yahoo.com writes:

It would  be surprising if Pynchon didn't know of the
earlier novel  Against the  Day, it only took about 10
seconds to find it on the internet.  If  this does turn
out to be the new novel's title, as Slate reported,
won't  readers have to assume Pynchon chose the title
knowing of the other book  and assume that he's
referring or alluding to it?   



Possibly...on the other hand, it's possible that he just felt it was the  
best title, and didn't care that it had been used before (espec. since it  
couldn't be confused with the other book by anyone); it wouldn't be the first  time 
2 (or even more) books had the same name. There's no copyrighting of  titles. 
I suppose if the other book were famous, or if it were in some way  
reprehensible (e.g., a Fascist manifesto), he would've chosen not to use it, but  
otherwise...?!
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