More Against the Days
Ya Sam
takoitov at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 18 10:49:28 CDT 2006
Thanks for the references. As far as fiction is concerned, now I'm sure that
the best 18c novel to describe these phenomena is M&D.
>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: More Against the Days
>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:40:55 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Fara, Patricia. Sympathetic Attractions:
> Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in
> Eighteenth Century England. Princeton, NJ:
> Princeton UP, 1996.
>
>http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/5916.html
>
>I misspoke, perhaps, not merely literature, but ...
>
>http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=59962
>
>http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0201&msg=64595
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>http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0201&msg=64599
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>http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0209&msg=70538
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>http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0209&msg=70658
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>--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So far, have to confess, I haven't read any 18C
> > novel that would discuss these ideas. Maybe only
> > Gulliver's Travels, that critises contemporary
> > science, but I don't remember anything about
> > magnetism there. (imitating Samuel L. Jackson in
> > Pulp Fiction) Example?
>
>... and, having not only seen Pulp Fiction something
>like fifteen times theatrically alone, but having been
>dipping french fries (w/ truffle oil + grated romano
>cheese) into garlic aioli, at least, just yesterday, I
>can't hear that word any other way now ...
>
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