Jung & Pynchon

[Ian Livingston]

Hm. I am unsure of the format for these things, so I will just
recommend taking a look a N. F. George's article, “The Chemishe
Hochzeit of Thomas Pynchon” in Pynchon Notes, vol 4 (1980). She offers
a very strong argument for Jung's influence in G.R. especially. For
the rest, those who have read Jung can't miss the abundant allusions
throughout P's oeuvre. Beginning, perhaps tentatively, in V. and
reaching their fullest expression in AtD. Freud, it turns out, is the
footnote.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:11 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> In GR (as has been repeatedly noted) Pynchon makes some very overt
> Freudian overtures with the particular modifications/updates provided
> by N.O. Brown's _Life Against Death_.  But Pynchon, unlike Freud,
> isn't exclusive in his influences, so "Jungian" influences also about
> in GR:  Tarot, Alchemy, Mandalas, The Hero Quest, etc.  But it could
> easily be argued that Jung embraced at least the symbolic content of
> nearly all occult/mystic systems.
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hillman lived and practiced in California during crucial years of TRP's time there. He could have met him; been led to him.......
>



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