M & D Group Read (cont)

[Monte Davis]

This. I see Sterne everywhere in Pynchon, above all in their shared
conviction that digression and chronological skipping-about are truer to
our inner life than linear narrative. Cherrycoke is only P's most overt
tribute to that influence. I'm curious: does Sebald ever sound Sternean to
you, as he does to me?

The timing is apt, too: Tristram Shandy came out in volumes between 1759
(Rebekah's death; Sterne's mother died and his wife was dangerously ill)
and 1767 (end of the Line; Sterne's meeting with Eliza, muse for A
Sentimental Journey and the Journal).

Plus... just *look* at the guy. How can a Pynchonian not love a great comic
writer who so resembles Harpo Marx?

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Draper#/media/File:Laurence_Sterne_by_Sir_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Draper#/media/File:Laurence_Sterne_by_Sir_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg>


On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Thomas Eckhardt <
thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Cherrycoke always brings to my mind that other irreverent clergyman,
> Lawrence Sterne. If I am not mistaken, Sterne also would have been
> addressed as the Reverend.
>
> Am 10.01.2018 um 16:28 schrieb Joseph Tracy:
>
>   I would be interested to hear how others hear or listen for Ccoke’s
>> voice.
>>
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