VLVL (13) p. 272 - "misoneism"

[Richard Ryan]

That sounds intriguing Mark - but I'm not sure what to do with it.  Elaborate, please?

--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: VLVL (13) p. 272 - "misoneism"
> To: richardryannyc at yahoo.com, "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 11:16 AM
> 
> I want to suggest that Brock's Lombrosian pre-emptive
> judgment is
> very like the Elect-Preterite "distinction. 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "richardryannyc at yahoo.com"
> <richardryannyc at yahoo.com>
> To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:47:08 AM
> Subject: VLVL (13) p. 272 - "misoneism"
> 
> 
> "What really got [Brock's] attention was the Lombrosian
> concept of 'misoneism.'"
> 
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misoneism
> 
> Main Entry: miso·ne·ism Listen to the pronunciation of
> misoneism
> Pronunciation: \ˌmi-sə-ˈnē-ˌi-zəm\ 
> Function: noun 
> Etymology:
>     Italian misoneismo, from Greek misein + neos new +
> Italian -ismo -ism — more at new 
> Date: 1886
> : a hatred, fear, or intolerance of innovation or change
> 
> See also:
> 
> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misoneism
> 
> [which cites its appearance in "Vineland" as the only
> exemplary use of this term....]
> 
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> 
> Quoth RR: In my (admittedly limited) web browsing for this
> term I have been unable to find more than a few passing
> examples of its use.  It's appearance on this page
> represents Pynchon at his most lexicographically obscure;
> one certainly understands why Brock would embrace this
> concept, but how likely would he be to use it?
> 
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