The Recognitions

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A Frolic of His Own is laugh-out-loud funny.





-----Original Message-----
From: Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Cc: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>; “pynchon-l at waste.org“ <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Mar 23, 2011 9:39 am
Subject: Re: The Recognitions


>and let's not forget the most important thing about Gaddis--he's
>really funny.

nthing this, as the kids say. Gaddis is achingly, bitingly funny. Even
his tragic moments are funny.

I agree, though, that Recktall Brown is silly name, and that name
alone has done Wg the disfavour of getting him lumped in with all the
other Funny Name authors. Agnes Deigh is a rare other example. Most of
his characters have "real" names: just look at the dramatis personae
of TR: http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/censusRindex.shtml

full list here in doc form:
http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/censusR.doc




On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> A name that even Pynchon might be too embarassed to use.
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:43 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Recktall Brown
>


 
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