Doggie-style, generally speaking

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Operating on the assumption that nothing (no pun intended) in "Pynchon" is gratuitous, he does seem to have a particular predilection for the doggie-style position of intercourse. It appears in most of his works and might indicate some sort of thematic trend. It takes on a darker tone in Bleeding Edge. We are given more of the viewpoint of the receiver, I think, than in the other works. Somehow, Maxine's sensibilities manage to reverse the dog (That's dog with a lower case d) a bit.

D. Meghan Pye has put forth an interesting string of bits in the essay: "Borrowed Time and Millennial Rupture: An Analysis of Thomas Pynchon's Bleeding Edge." (sorry if this has already been referenced) which, after getting through the initial Zizek, Badiou and Baudrillard, I found helpful in understanding both Bleeding Edge, as well as, those slippery euro intellectuals.

Find it here:    https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43028414.pdf

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