Not Pynchon. Wordsworth, whose Prelude TRP may have read.

[Johnny Marr]

Controversial opinion: I think Tintern Abbey is his finest poem

On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wordsworth's 250th birthday today. Byron called him "Turdsworth", which is
> funny; but he also called him "Wordswords" which is much funnier.
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