atdtda 31: - pg 867

Sat Apr 26 13:44:33 CDT 2008

Also, Jews have been at times required to wear yellow in places all  
over Europe.   I have no idea if this relates.   "Merchant of Venice"  
uses this but I don't know if it was true in early 20th century  
Europe or if Cyprian is referring to Jews or if Cyrian is Jewish or  
if the others are anti-Semitic.

Bekah

On Apr 26, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Ya Sam wrote:

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> 867.16  "I must remember not to wear yellow."
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> The letter orders him to wear yellow stockings, “go cross- 
> gartered” (that is, to wear the straps of his stockings crossed  
> around his knees), be sharp-tempered with Sir Toby, be rude to the  
> servants, behave strangely, and smile all the time. Jubilantly,  
> Malvolio vows to do all these things in order to show Olivia that  
> he loves her in return.
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> http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/section6.rhtml
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> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> From: bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
> Subject: atdtda 31: - pg 867
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:20:10 -0700
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> Some brief and general annotations for page 867
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> 867.5    "Rogue elephant"
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> "a term for a lone, violently aggressive wild elephant, separated  
> from the rest of the herd. It is a calque of the Sinhala term hora  
> aliya. Its introduction to English has been attributed by the  
> Oxford English Dictionary to Sir James Emerson Tennent, but this  
> usage may have been pre-dated by William Sirr.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant#Rogue_elephant
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> 867.6 "Prince who again?" incuired Cyprian in some dismay.  "Surly  
> not,  umpire?"
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> Not too sure what this means -  umpire = Empire?   or umpire  as in  
> cricket  (is this cricket - is this right?)  Is he referring to  
> someone as being an umpire? Is it a play on both meanings?
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> Cyprian is going to be sent to see Prince S.  He is reminded of a  
> prior assignation with the guy arranged by Theign who is now on the  
> hit list.  The prince is okay?
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> 867.16  "I must remember not to wear yellow."
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> The Austrian Empire's flag was half yellow (top) and half black  
> (bottom).
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire
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> Cyprian in no way wants to be seen as allied with them or Theign -   
> not in Venice!
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> http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php? 
> title=ATD_864-891#Page_867
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> Buddhist connection - yellow symbolizes the earth (fwiw)
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> 867. 24  valletto     valet, attendant.
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> 867.25  heliotrope
> A moderate, light, or brilliant violet to moderate or deep reddish  
> purple.
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> http://www.colourlovers.com/color/DF73FF/heliotrope
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> 867. 26  Facciam' il porco
>  Literally, "we are doing the pig," (says the Prince to Cyprian) -   
> but meaning we are doing the sex pervert thing -  porco is Italian  
> slang for sexual pervert.
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> 867. 27 Il mio ragazzo è molto geloso
> Italian: My little guy is very jealous.
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> 867. 29 Qualsiasi, Ciprianino
> Italian: Whatever you want (you want is implied), little Cyprian.
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> http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php? 
> title=ATD_864-891#Page_867
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> 867. 33 Symbolists
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>  In painting, Symbolism (as a style) was a continuation of some  
> mystical tendencies in the Romantic tradition... The Symbolist  
> painters mined mythology and dream imagery for a visual language of  
> the soul, seeking evocative paintings that brought to mind a static  
> world of silence. The symbols used in Symbolism are not the  
> familiar emblems of mainstream iconography but intensely personal,  
> private, obscure and ambiguous references. More a philosophy than  
> an actual style of art, the Symbolist painters influenced the  
> contemporary Art Nouveau movement and Les Nabis. In their  
> exploration of dreamlike subjects, symbolist painters are found  
> across centuries and cultures, as they are still today; Bernard  
> Delvaille has described René Matritte's surrealism as "Symbolism  
> plus Freud.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts)#In_the_visual_arts
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> examples:   http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ 
> Category:Symbolist_paintings
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> 867.34 - "The Iron Gateway"  Hunter Penthallow's Symbolist style  
> artwork.   An "Iron Gateway" is quite different from some of the  
> other gateways in this book,  many spiritual - another one coming  
> up that's spiritual/material.  Not necessarily called gateways,  
> though.
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> 867.37  Carlo Zen furniture:
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> Furniture associated with Italy and Symbolist movement
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> http://www.arteliberty.it/arte_zen.html
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> 867.Galileo Chini   Symbolist artist -
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> http://www.arteliberty.it/arte_chini.html (with several vases)
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> 867.40 Bugatti  (Carlo) most famous for his furniture designs.   
> Very stylized "modern" type stuff - unique -  a reaction to the  
> heavy baroque, rococo stuff.
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> http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/dsgn1/ho_1970.181.3.htm   (a desk  
> - very Art Nouveau)
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> http://www.bugattipage.com/bcarlo.htm
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> Bekah
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