Against the Day Prereqs

[ish mailian]

There is, of course, a library full of books to add to such a list.
That said, reading, re-reading Henry Adams is always a good
prerequisite to a P reading,  and, it can be argued, is essential to a
reading of _Against the Day_



On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:40 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
> You may like Clark's The Sleepwalkers.
>
> from NYT REview:
>
> The historiography of World War I is immense, more than 25,000 volumes
> and articles even before next year’s centenary. Still, Clark, and Sean
> McMeekin, in “July 1914,” offer new perspectives. The distinctive
> achievement of “The Sleepwalkers” is Clark’s single-volume survey of
> European history leading up to the war. That may sound dull. Quite the
> contrary. It is as if a light had been turned on a half-darkened stage
> of shadowy characters cursing among themselves without reason. He
> raises the curtain at 2 a.m. on June 11, 1903, 11 years before
> Sarajevo.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/books/review/the-sleepwalkers-and-july-1914.html
>
> Films:
>
> The Labor Wars in the U.S.
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/minewars/
>
> Pyndustry:
>
> Pynchon’s Against the Day: A Corrupted Pilgrim’s Guide edited by
> Jeffrey Severs and Christopher Leise
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I solicited some opinions on what I might read before this most recent reread of Gravity's Rainbow. All your help made it the best read yet.
>>
>> Anything anyone would recommend before taking another crack at AtD? -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
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