Down with more prolegomena! Give me a V. .....

[Mark Kohut]

Joe Allonby, (I believe) wrote:
 
"Let's keep in mind that V is where Pynchon's  foray into his unique literary vision/enterprise/POV  begins. It could really add dimension to this group read if we ask questions or make propositions at the front end and see how they hold up."
 
I am putting that out there again....cause I like it and hope others do too.
 
So, let's track V. All citations..the possible resonances? I'll keep a file of responses, observations, analyses, citations, 'kay?
 
Who "or what" is V. is asked twice early on. Then there are lots of words with V.'s
 
A..and another question to start: TRP reputedly said the title was "V." [V--period] Let's spin off some ideas about that in the fulness of time,
okay?     My first non-explanatory thought about TRP's remark is that it, at least, shows how everything, every word, every period matters in his work. As
we implicitly assume by our group reads.

Second, when I reread" The Waste Land" recently, Eliot a deep influence on TRP, I noticed that the last section, section the fifth was "V."..titled 'What the Thunder Said".   Coincidence or another hidden resonance? 
V. WHAT THE THUNDER SAID
In the first part of Part V three themes are employed: the journey to Emmaus, the approach to the Chapel Perilous (see Miss Weston's book), and the present decay of eastern Europe.