COL49 - Chap 1: Roseman

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

On Wed, 6 May 2009 kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> Kind of oedipal:  Roseman wants to destroy the father Perry to win the
> affection of mom (public adulation).  Makes me think of some other
> quasi-oedipal (metaphorically, anyway) stuff in the book.

Will try to join the read more properly tomorrow (the afterwake got
quite micksploited in the Jamesonese sense) but I think I sense one,
more literally Oedipal bit I don't recall noticing before.


"Roseman tried to play footsie with her under the table. She was
wearing boots, and couldn't feel much of anything."

"Oedipus" means "swollen feet" in Greek.


Oh well.


Heikki