Runaway women in Pynchon

[Bekah]

How about Prairie?  She does a lot of running around - I don't remember if it's "away," exactly. 

Bekah

On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> YES...I did think of her AFTER, hours after this post---in fact after attending that Yale lecture but
> wanted to see if anyone was reading these posts. Smile..
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> Figured it might be you or Bekah..........
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> It is the way she does walk away questinly that is so different from the way the others are presented....
> Bolters, mostly...against not towards....or towards freedom not answers......
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> From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Runaway women in Pynchon
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> And don't forget Oedipa, who doesn't run, but walks purposefully towards.
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> LK
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Kohut 
> Sent: Feb 16, 2012 7:56 AM 
> To: pynchon -l 
> Subject: Runaway women in Pynchon 
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> Troth---Lew's wife
> Erlys----Merle's wife
>           ----Merle keeps sayin Dally's gonna bolt when old enough
> Edwarda Beef (w maid, Vaseline)----Scarsdale Vibe's wife (she half-leaves)
> Lake  ----Webb's first daughter
> more to come in AtD but also
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> Frenesy
> Doc's first love
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> pretty thematic, I'd say. Unhappy women wanting out---and taking their ways.
> The feminine (whatever that is, but is it in The White Goddess' wake/) will out in
> the patriarchal, authoritarian culture (AtD anyway)?
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> And thematic re the men: all unhappy at their loss....their life's love lost........
> Men more 'romantic'---in psychological sense--than women, yes?
> goes back to ole Benny, yes?........(was just reminded of how Webb lost
> his first love too)
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