GR translation: her marginally human touch

[Paul Mackin]

On 7/15/2011 11:20 PM, Mike Jing wrote:
> So is "her" the same as "his Lament", which he embraces?  If not, what 
> is "his Lament" then?
>
> What about Janos's interpretation?

Well, in the sentence  "his Lament" seems to be the grammatical 
antecedent of "her."

But one can also think of the witch.

P

 > Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:26:07 -0500
> > Subject: Re: GR translation: her marginally human touch
> > From: fqmorris at gmail.com
> > To: mikezjing at hotmail.com
> > CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >
> > You don't have to go to the Elegies to find "her." It's right there
> > in the text just a bit further down:
> >
> > "...the newly-dead youth, embracing his Lament, his last link, leaving
> > now even her marginally human touch forever, climbing all alone, up
> > and up into the mountains of primal Pain, [...]....It's he, Blicero,
> > who climbs the mountain [...] ...alone. No matter what flesh was
> > there to appease the Witch, cannibal, and sorcerer, flourishing
> > implements of pain -- alone, alone. He doesn't even know the Witch,
> > can't understand the hunger that defines him/her, is only, in times of
> > weakness, bewildered that it should coexist in the same body as
> > himself."
> >
> > "Her" is the Witch (who might also be a him), and he/she coexist in
> > Blicero's body. Death removes his/her "marginally human touch
> > forever."
> >
> > I think this a good example (Paul?) of how one CAN parse GR.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > > P99.40-41  ... the newly-dead youth, embracing his Lament, his 
> last link, leaving now even her marginally human touch forever, ...
> > >
> > > Who is "she"?  Why is her touch "marginally human"?
> > >
> > > Does "she" refer to "his Lament"?  If so, is it an actual person, 
> or, most likely, something else?
> > >
> > > Not sure if the answer is in the Tenth Elegy.  Haven't had time to 
> study it.
> > >

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