Re. Vineland, page 3

[kelber at mindspring.com]

It also reminds me of the over-referenced phrase "through a glass darkly," which is an oddball construction in itself.

Laura
 
-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Dec 2, 2008 12:15 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Re. Vineland, page 3
>
>TRP is the misdirection King, thus the oftimes weird word order.
>
>On Dec 2, 2008, at 8:24 AM, David Morris wrote:
>
>> I don't think it's odd other than in the sense that poetry often
>> juxtaposes words in odd ways for sound, imagery, etc.  I think Pynchon
>> puposely turns phrases that make one stumble, stop and re-read.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Carvill John  
>> <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd Wheeler drifted  
>>> awake in sunlight through a creeping fig that hung in the window,  
>>> with a squadron of blue jays stomping around on the roof."
>>>
>