V-2nd - 7: Victoria Wren, late of Lardwick-in-the-Fen

[Robin Landseadel]

There's a lot of flippings, inversions of these sorts of characters in  
Against the Day. Again, I see our author revisiting the past of V. in  
the past of Against the Day. It appears karma is involved, perhaps  
redemption, maybe even grace.

On Sep 16, 2010, at 3:22 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> In her incarnation as Wren's naive daughter, she seems to have more  
> in common with Alice, the remembered molestee of the child molester  
> in Chapter 3, who, in turn, channels Alice in Wonderland. She  
> doesn't bear much resemblance to Dally, who, at a young age is very  
> worldly and self-sufficient.
>
> Does Yashmeen resemble V. in any of her incarnations?  Not yet, at  
> any  rate.
>
> LK
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Sep 16, 2010 6:10 PM
>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: Re: V-2nd - 7:  Victoria Wren, late of Lardwick-in-the-Fen
>>
>> My big question -- perhaps a fruitful direction of investigation in
>> our re-reading of V. -- what mirror images of this/these woman/women
>> can we find in Against the Day?