aw- Re: V---2nd, Chap 14, V. in Love

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

Yes, of course, since this is all about European self-destruction, and 
in a cultural sense the nineteenth century ended not in 1900 yet with 
the outbreak of WW I in 1914 ...

On 15.01.2011 16:58, bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> Or maybe an allegory for, to paraphrase Bill Millard:
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>    "...attempts to use nineteenth century criteria fo
>    evaluate twentieth century phenomenon."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Frederik Lorentzen<lorentzen at hotmail.de>
> To: Ian Livingston<igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> Cc: pynchon -l<pynchon-l at waste.org>; Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 7:54 am
> Subject: Re: V---2nd, Chap 14, V. in Love
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> Is Mélanie  primarily an allegory for Old Europa before the outbreak of
> Hell aka WW I?
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> KFL
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