The first magenta and green? (was

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jbor at bigpond.com [mailto:jbor at bigpond.com]
> 
> I'm not persuaded that the recurrence of the magenta and green 
> combination (and variations thereof -- 16 occurrences by my count) in 
> Pynchon's novels post-GR has much at all to do with Joyce's allusions 
> to in-fighting in the Irish National Land League in the 1880s and the 
> revelation of Parnell's involvement with a married woman and his 
> subsequent fall from grace in the eyes of strict Irish Catholics.
> 

but conceived more broadly, Parnell's fall recaps and prefigures earwicker's falls; if and when we find a unifying theme in the P-MG references, we can certainly compare and contrast the color scheme's degree and vector of relevance within each motif