M&D the Isle of St. Helena

[Keith Davis]

Going to read M&D again soon. Thanks for the jolt. There is a St. Helena
Island near Beaufort, SC, by the way. Is this what's referred to?
On Mar 2, 2012 10:52 PM, "Alex Colter" <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:

> As I am once more bereft of corporeal company this Friday evening, I turn
> to friend Pynchon and come upon the strange and wonderful Exile to the
> Purgatorial St. Helena.
> Starting at Chapter 13 (which symbolizes much in Hebrew Gematria) as,
> Dixon's boat departed, Mason looks ashore to find Maskelyne already there,
> we receive the lines:
>
> "The Stars wheel into the blackness of the broken steep Hills guarding the
> Mouth of the Valley. Fog begins to stir against the Day, swelling near.
> Among the whiten'd Rock Walls of the Houses seethes a great Whisper of
> living Voice.
> 'Shall we enter again the Atlantick Whore-House, find Breakfast, and get
> to work?'"
> p125
>
> One of the persistent themes in this book, among others, is American
> Religious Experience. I get the feeling he had long talks with Prof Bloom,
> whom I see as something of a Neville Maskelyne.
> I suppose I could, and shall go on as the Night lengthens, but I was
> mostly curious about what the W.A.S.T.E.-list thought about the strange and
> wonderful Exile to St. Helena...
>
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