Pointer to Pater?

[Mark Kohut]

Pretty great piece on CoL49.....

yes, re Pater....it is all I know of him besides the summary of this writer
but I
always think of that quote when I hear the word gem outside of the mineral
world.



On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 2:54 AM Raphael Saltwood <PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com>
wrote:

>
> Nice blog entry about CoL49
>
> https://johnpistelli.com/2018/01/28/thomas-pynchon-the-crying-of-lot-49/
>
> Do you think “gemlike” is a pointer to Walter Pater?
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