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

[Emma Wrigley]

Being behind somewhat, has the drafting V in aerodynamic theory already
been mentioned?
<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Mark Kohut [markekohut at yahoo.com]
>Sent: 11/6/2010 2:33:50 AM
>To: alicewellintown at gmail.com
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Down with more prolegomena! Give me a V. .....
>
>Ash Wednesday's part V is not V. [V period] as it is in The Wasteland.
Most 
>uses of the V Roman Numeral are periodless, although of course I
>have not done much of a search.
>
>And because The Waste Land is about.....England/Europe/ The Western
World thru 
>Eliot's vision...."decay of eastern Europe"....
>P's V. seems to be about America/The Western World similarly. (We will
read of 
>the decky-dance in V.)
>
>BUT, It does seem a thin thread.....except that Eliot's themes
did influence 
>P's mind. If just a kute korrespondence, then give me an essay
>on Eliot & Pynchon's common early themes with no V. cross
references....
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: alice wellintown 
>To: pynchon -l 
>Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 9:13:09 PM
>Subject: Re: Down with more prolegomena! Give me a V. .....
>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>WHy not Ash Wednesday Part V. or another poem?
>
>
> 
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