Lew Basnight

[Joseph Tracy]

Seems very strong and perfect for  a detective who seems to find his way into every mystery but his own. I wonder if other examples of this structure will show up , where there is a line of text that illuminates ( or blackens) a name.
On Feb 10, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Sure, maybe, I guess, since I can't Lacan....
>  
> Just meant that when TRP gives us "ignorant, B(lack) AS NIGHT right there......
> lots of name speculation seems to be........beside the point...........................
> 
> From: Albert Rolls <alprolls at earthlink.net>
> To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Lew Basnight
> 
> Isn't it all on the surface, depth being a metaphor. (A friend's kids once tore apart a pop-up book to see if there was more to find underneath: the results weren't very positive, as you can imagine.) Lacan also observed the unconscious is on the surface, if memory serves me right: it's been a long time since I've played with Lacan's texts. 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Kohut 
> Sent: Feb 10, 2012 4:56 AM 
> To: pynchon -l 
> Subject: Lew Basnight 
> 
> Didn't TRP say in one of his letters that his meanings
> were all there, on the surface (on the page?) or something like?
>  
> Lots of speculation about the meaning of Lew's last name but
> maybe there it is: "In an ignorance black as night"..........he [Lew]
> knew only, etc......p.38
> 
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