M & D Duck Read

[Michel]

On M&D cover and ampersand:
- from the archives, Davemarc quoted an article in the NY Observer by 
Warren St. John, detailing the way in which TRP was involved in the 
cover creation: http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9705&msg=15495
- this post is referred to in an article in French by Gilles Chamerois, 
available online, discussing the ampersand at length: 
http://www.revue-textimage.com/04_a_la_lettre/chamerois1.html
- another article on the ampersand is by Samuel Cohen: Mason & Dixon & 
the Ampersand." Twentieth Century Literature 48.3 (2002): 264-291

As for the dedicaton: young Jackson was at the time learning to read, I 
think - the boy was 7 at the time. So you can read the dedication as: 
for Melanie (now) and Jackson (later). My 2 euro cents.

Good luck with this read -and best wishes for 2015 to all.
Michel

Mark wrote:
> So, first correction leading naturally to first observation and 
> question. Last line below should have read " it is the embodiment not 
> the notions that IS Mason & Dixon"...
> Pynchon insisted on the Ampersand and solid rumors are he helped 
> 'design' the cover. He and Melanie had cover approval at least. Riff 
> on that cover.
>
> What meaningful differences exist if not "Mason and Dixon"?
>
> Dedication: " For Melanie and for Jackson" ...not " for Melanie and 
> Jackson".....Pynchon's precision singles each out, the separate 
> individuals that they are.

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