p. 743

[rich]

Tanner's review of Pynchon's work up to and including GR are wonderful
and worth reading

Rich

On Feb 18, 2008 4:37 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> good detective work.....
>
> Tony Tanner, that early great understander and praiser of TRP
>  made the connection with The Recognitions explicit, but circumstantial. in
> his early writing
> about TRP.
>
> MK
>
>
> ----- 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 4:32:06 PM
> Subject: Re: p. 743
>
> 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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