Vineland in the Novels of John Barth and Thomas Pynchon

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Mon Dec 1 11:06:49 CST 2008


On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Ian Whitney <stickwhitney at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I once wrote a paper about a city called Wheeler, CA in what is known as the
> state of Jefferson which consists of Northern CA and SOuthern Oregon.
> Perhaps, Pynchon names Vineland's protagonist, Zoyd WHeeler, after this
> small town of forward-thinking ideals.  If we follow the V. with Mexico City
> as the tip and Vineland, NJ as the right side, Wheeler, CA (aka Vineland,
> CA) would be very close to the left side of the V.
>
> Am I the first to realize this?

You mean this ISN'T common knowledge?



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