Pynchon has read the Wake, this guy thinks...

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Mon Dec 4 11:44:13 UTC 2023


And if this doesn't project the opening scene of Gravity's Rainbow, what
does?


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"I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppling masonry, and
time one livid final flame. What's left of us then? --James Joyce, Ulysses
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On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 12:06 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember an an article quoting a GR-period acquaintance (?),  saying
> Pynchon had expressed his goal for GR to equal Ulysses with the scholarly
> crowd.
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 11:59 AM jody2.718 via Pynchon-l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, yeah, but a little more basic consideration of the Joyce/Pynchon
> > connection might start with a comparison of Dubliners and the Slow
> Learner
> > collection; or even The Secret Integration and Ulysses. What could be
> more
> > indicative of a literary integration than that elongated S of "Stately,
> > plump Buck Mulligan...," beginning the process of integrating 20 years of
> > wondering into a day in the life?
> >
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