Bodine origins

[Bekah]

Indeed -  and I remember Kathy Boudin - kind of a fan here.  She had courage.  

Bekah

On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com> wrote:

> oh - thank you, Laura, i'd never think of the family on my own ))
> great help
> Mx
> 
> On 11.07.2013 23:09, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>> The Boudin family has no relationship to Bodine's origins or persona. But I couldn't help but think of this family when I first encountered Pig Bodine's name (and ever after. Call them counter-culture co-referents, or fellow travelers to whatever subversive connotations Pig Bodine might have.
>> 
>> Leonard Boudin, noted progressive civil rights lawyer (1912- 1989), famous for his support of leftist causes and defendants; successfully arguing  Supreme Court cae Lamont vs. Postmaster General (more Pynchon resonance).
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Boudin
>> 
>> and his daughter, Kathy Boudin (1943- ), of the Weather Underground (from inception, bomb explosion, fugitive status, capture, prison sentence, release, professorship).
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Boudin
>> 
>> An odd boudin sausage reference: my mother got an invitation to some sort of antiwar upscale fundraising dinner party. The card had the slogan: "Boudin's, not Bombs!" Given that Kathy Boudin was wanted for her involvement with the bomb incident, it seemed a poor choice of words.
>> 
>> Laura
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Jul 11, 2013 11:44 AM
>>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Subject: Bodine origins
>>> 
>>> dear colleagues,
>>> 
>>> could anyone point me in the right direction, please? has anyone written
>>> on the origins of Pig Bodine's name extensively?
>>> 
>>> while working on GR russian translation, we looked at several versions
>>> and theories, including the ones cited in Patrick Hurley's Pynchon
>>> Character Names dictionary, and Charles Hollander's advise was certainly
>>> instrumental to us in the work, too, but recently i've found an
>>> interesting parallel with Joyce's Ulysses, and i haven't been able to
>>> locate if it'd been covered by anyone before (or, maybe, i'm "inventing
>>> the bicycle" here)
>>> 
>>> to wit: in episode 16 of Ulysses (Eumaeus) , when Bloom and Stephen
>>> spend some time in cabmen's shelter, they strike a conversation with one
>>> of the characters there, a redbearded sailor named D.B. Murphy of
>>> Carrigaloe, who seems to be fond of telling tall tales and seafaring
>>> yarns. at some point (line 489), he produces a postcard from his pocket,
>>> to prove the point of him witnessing Peruvian man-eating habits, which
>>> of course doesn't prove anything, but is addressed to: "Senor A
>>> Boudin... etc." who is, apparently not him at all. now, we even of
>>> limited French, know that boudin is blood sausage (and Don Gifford in
>>> his Ulysses Annotated glosses it as such). all this (and a weird postal
>>> connection of course) made me think if that D.B. Murphy (meaning
>>> "sea-fighter", according to Gifford) may be a literary ancestor of the
>>> entire TRP's Bodine clan.
>>> 
>>> what do you think? will appreciate your suggestions
>>> Mx
>