Pynchon Character Names

[Mark Kohut]

Not thesis as in Master's, but dissertation as in Doctorate, I believe.
I am away from a copy at the moment.

--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Pynchon Character Names
> To: "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 10:48 AM
> 
> The book is good, carefully solid. The project was the
> author's thesis. 
> Therefore, he kept rigorous academic standards, arguing
> nuancedly for 
> meanings and associations. He kept out (most; maybe all)
> Kute Korrespondences, and informs of levels of waywardness
> of speculations, in his judgment.
> 
> He respects and gets Pynchon's work---one might say "loves"
> it discriminatingly, if that were not such an unacademic
> word. 
> 
> --- On Tue, 7/21/09, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Pynchon Character Names
> > To: "Pynchon Liste" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 4:29 AM
> > Has anyone heard of this? Or own it?
> > 
> > http://www.amazon.com/Pynchon-Character-Names-Patrick-Hurley/dp/0786434589
> > 
> > I can't think of another author with a comparably odd
> book
> > devoted to them.
> > 
> 
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