AtD Chapter 26, Section 2, p. 322: Canonical Eli

[Monte Davis]

Elihu Yale founded the school which was renamed in his honor, so its
students were nicknamed "Elis." The campus favorite "Whiffenpoof Song" (
http://ingeb.org/songs/fromthet.html) mentions both "Mory's" (Moriarty's)
and "the place where Louie [Lassen] dwells" as favored hangouts, i.e.
"canonical Eli venues."

I read the quoted sentence as "Kit wasn't in the mood for the usual
places."


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Michel <bulb at vheissu.net> wrote:

> "Canonical Eli venues were not the ticket today"
>
> Kit wanders through the New Haven night after he hears from Lake that his
> dad has been killed. Moriarty's is mentioned, then Louis Lassen's and
> finally Canonical Eve.  Anyone an idea what this Canonical Eli venue is?
>
> Thanks!
> Michel.
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> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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