AtDtDA(28): A Small Exploring Party

[Monte Davis]

Opening of the Commedia (Inferno I), not La Vita Nuova -- but yes, no
question at all that P has Dante in mind here (as he did earlier with all
the hellish language when Kit was belowdecks on the battleship)..

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To: Dave Monroe; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: AtDtDA(28): A Small Exploring Party


Still thinking on why Kit has no doubt 
 
BUT your focussing here leads me to think TRP may be alluding to the opening
of Dante's Vita Nuova---lost in a dark wood at mid-life fulll of doubt and
uncertainty......
 
which Kit IS NOT..........................

Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

"Kit proceeded through the dark forests as if there was no doubt as to
his way...." (AtD, Pt. IV, p. 789)


"as if there was no doubt as to his way" ... 



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