p. 743

[rich]

just speculating--i think TRP pbly read Recognitions but no proof.

i think since they got compared alot and in one case said to be the
same person that at minimum respected each other's work--Gaddis
mentions GR by name in Agape Agape; Pynchon mentions carpenter's
gothic in Vineland

and since Gaddis died in the late 90s, I believe Vibe is a fitting
tribute to Rektall Brown

but i'm just guessing

rich

On Feb 18, 2008 4:23 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Don't we KNOW, somehow, that TRP was greatly "influenced"
> by The Recognitions....or have we/critics come to speculate on that
> afterwards?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 12:23:02 PM
> Subject: Re: p. 743
>
> oddly enough if memory serves recktall brown in the Recognitions is
> stabbed by Wyatt while wearing a suit of armor. not so impregnable
> after all
>
> sorry--keep seeing these parallels b/w Vibe and Brown
>
> rich
>
> On Feb 16, 2008 6:01 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Vibe..."oddly, to take on mass, to become rectified
> > into an iron impregnability".
> >
> > Gravity adds mass............Pynchon tropes
> > and "iron impregnability" sure has echoes of the opening of GR for me.
> > And all the iron Pynchon hates....
> >
> > Anyone, anyone?
> >
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