MDMD2: The Learned English Dog
Dave Monroe
against.the.dave at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 19:59:47 CST 2007
"All at once, out of the Murk, a dozen mirror'd Lanthorns have leapt
alight together, as into their Glare now strolls a somewhat dishevel'd
Norfolk Terrier ..." (M&D, Ch. 3, p. 18)
Winky here is a Norfolk Terrier ...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yC8rZq3oKuI
http://bestinshowonline.warnerbros.com/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0218839/
Cf. ...
"Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede
jacket, sneaker and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk,
Virginia." (V., Ch.1, p. 1)
"'Here, I'll even lend you this Norfolk jacket....'" (GR, Pt. I, p. 184)
"In 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia, I had wandered into a bookstore and
discovered issue one of the Evergreen Review, then an early forum for
Beat sensibility. It was an eye-opener...." (SL, "Intro," p. 8)
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0211&msg=72460
"a stout gentleman in a Norfolk jacket ..." (AtD, Pt. I, Ch. 2, p. 13)
And see as well, e.g., ...
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=60179
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=60297
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