The Ampersand and the Capital

[Dave Monroe]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Rob Jackson <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:

> It's interesting that if it was an 18th or 19th century novel or historical
> text as originally published, then the capitalisations wouldn't be
> unsettling at all, even to us as modern-day readers. It's what we expect
> from something written in that era; there is a natural connection between
> the text and its context; and so we factor the apparent oddnesses into our
> reading and accept them readily. At most, they might seem "quaint", but they
> don't interfere with the sense or meaning of the text in the slightest.

That "if," not to mention that "we," is, of course, dependent of
course entirely upon the reader(s) involved.  But "we" Pynchon readers
ought/should/probably/might as well/do/whatever tend to Know Otherwise
...