Pynchon's censored file aesthetic

[Paul Mackin]

Correction: Looking it up, I find "visitation" in Catholic parlance refers
to Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth, mother to be of John the Baptist.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> YES!....
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "White Visitation" a code name, always appearing in double quotes, stands
>> for something secretive, namely  this inter-governmental long-named
>> organization whose purpose is supposed be to try out any outlandish scheme
>> anyone can think of that might possible contribute to winning the war.
>>
>> The name itself sounds plausibly like a Catholic hospital or convent.
>> Angel Gabriel appearing to the BVM.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Atticus Pinecone <
>> atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Like a symbol?
>>>
>>> As for technique, is it far fetched to think he used Burroughs's cut up
>>> style? They have similarly snarled syntax.
>>>
>>> > On Aug 30, 2017, at 8:55 PM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Ok so I made a pretentious title for this post which is pretty much
>>> just a random idea/question. When I was reading Gravity's Rainbow I got the
>>> feeling that some of his proper names particularly The White Visitation
>>> were like, the possible term escapes me, words inserted after the true name
>>> had been erased. Like if you are listening to a recording of someone talk
>>> and he keeps mention someone but when he says that name a computer voice
>>> chimes in. God this is the worst attempt at explanation. But anyways I was
>>> wondering if maybe this idea could connect to Pynchon's "layering"
>>> technique of writing. Any thought?
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>>
>>
>>
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