Tancredi in AtD

[matthew cissell]

Hey Smoke an Y'all,

Just got around to following up my own inquiry. How? Consulting the Oracle:
GOOGLE. A quick search reveals my lack of culture and general ignorance.
First search result is the opera Tancredi by Rossini, a composer that
Pyncho is clearly familiar with; the work is based on Voltaire's
"Tancrède".

In view of the above, I rather think it more likely that Pynchon came to
the name by way of opera. He may also have noted (or later became aware of)
other possible allusions. But that's just my two bits. I guess I should
look at Tim Ware's mail more closely and get in on the annotation game.

ciao
mc


On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Couldn't answer that question for you but appreciate the distinction and
> your posing it nonetheless.
>
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 3:01 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Reading through Zeev Sternhell's "The Birth of Fascist Ideology" I came
>> across something. In chapter 4 (The Socialist-Nationalist Synthesis) the
>> author addresses this development in Italy and mentions a number of
>> characters, one of whom is called Tancredi (pseudonym of Massimo Rocca). He
>> is described thus: "Tancredi posed as a revolutionary while asserting that
>> there was more to be gained from war and conquest than from peace and
>> renunciation" (p168).
>>
>>   The AtD wiki proposes an association with " a time-traveling character
>> in *City of Death*, a four-part serial in the British science fiction
>> television series *Dr. Who* which involves time travel and bilocation."
>>    In my opinion the real life Italian Tancredi is more relevant to the
>> situation in AtD in which the young artist of the same name is gunned down
>> by Vibe's thugs than the Dr. Who character. It would be interesting to know
>> if our Italian readers associate the historical Tancredi with Pynchon's.
>>
>> Have a good weekend
>> ciao
>>
>> mc
>>
>
>
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