more prolegomena to V. : 1962 and more 1963

[Thomas Beshear]

I think we established earlier in the week that V. was published in 1963. 
The 1961 copyright reference is to the section based on the short story 
"Under the Rose," published in that year.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Livingston" <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
To: <kelber at mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: more prolegomena to V. : 1962 and more 1963


But if V. was published in '61...?

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:28 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Clockwork Orange (the novel) was published in 1962. Not necessarily any 
> thematic connection, but the phrase may have got Pynchon's wheels turning. 
> Lots of clockwork imagery in V.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Jun 9, 2010 7:14 PM
>>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: Re: more prolegomena to V. : 1962 and more 1963
>>
>>
>>Continuing the post on 1963 first, here is some more from that year:
>>
>> --March on Washington
>> --MLKjr. I Have a Dream speech
>>
>> --Assassination of America's Fisher-King, JFK, of course, in November
>>
>> --for the first time, freshman females in the US answer a longstanding 
>> goals poll by not putting
>>marriage w white picket fence house and kids first. (still want that, but 
>>adventure, travel, chance
>>to be single awhile comes first)
>>
>>1962
>>
>> Rwanda and Burundi gain independence.
>> * Supporters of Algerian independence win 99% majority in a referendum. 
>> De Gaulle grants independence to Algeria.
>> * A heavy smog develops over London. [Digression but it is easy enough to 
>> see this, sea-changed by a genius, as the giant adenoid in GR, yes? ]
>>
>> Tanganyika and Uganda become independent within the Commonwealth.
>>
>> ['nother digression: Rolling Stones play first gig. Times they are a 
>> changing, of course]
>>
>> Anti-Mosley- [the fascist] crowd disrupts a right-wing Union Club public 
>> gathering.
>>
>> Ranger 4 rocket crashes on the moon. JFK affirms that the US will land a 
>> man on the moon before the decade ends.
>>
>> Cuban missile crisis, October.
>>
>>
>>
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>



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