C'mon in, the water's fine..

[Mark Kohut]

You say Gwynne, I say Gaw'on...(Eliza Doolittle in that movie with an extra W)
let's call the whole thing off............


 


----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 5:52:12 PM
Subject: Re: C'mon in, the water's fine..

From The Readers Guide to TR


"3.9] Reverend Gwyon: according to de Rougemont, Gwyon was a Celtic
divinity whose name "(whence 'guyon' meaning 'guide' in Old French)
means the Führer who has in his custody the secret of initiation into
the way of divinization" (LWW 210 n.1). Also relevant are Gawain from
the Grail romances (see FRR) and Gwion, a semilegendary bard whose
poetry hides "an ancient religious mystery - a blasphemous one from
the Church's point of view - under the cloak of buffoonery" (WG 55);
one of Gwion's poems is quoted at 467.5. (Asked once how to pronounce
Gwyon, Gaddis said he didn't know; he had never said it aloud. It
probably should be pronounced as one syllable, like "Gwynne," its
modern form.)...."



On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> So, is Gwyon pronounced like C'mon?
>
> "you say eether, I say iither..."
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 8:17:07 AM
> Subject: C'mon in, the water's fine..
>
> I suspect some might not yet have a copy of The Recognitions. Hey, get 
yourself
> one.
> We'll all repeat, so you can catch up. Smile....
>
> it's worth it.
>
> and it takes a whole village to read it.
>
>
>



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