BtZ42 Section 9 (pp 53-60): Jessica wakes

Wed May 11 05:36:36 CDT 2016

Am 11.05.2016 um 11:36 schrieb Mark Kohut:

> As I reread GR, the power of Lolita's theme keeps looming larger.
> Pynchon has it everywhere in GR; an internal metaphor for
> male control, for patriarchal dominance that reduces the Other, the
> female, to a victim. I suggest he sees it as deeply American in action;
> maybe deeply Western if England is added as another locale where it
> plays out.

The other does not have to be female, cf. Weissmann and Enzian. And male 
(I am not sure about the "patriarchal") dominance does not have to be 
American. But I suspect that, yes, dominance has to be male. At least in 
Pynchon.

Marvellous posts, by the way. Keep it coming!
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