Re: Oedipa’s Planetarium

[Mark Kohut]

Mine too...generic that is,...

On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 11:17 PM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It’s implicit in
> “…and trace out your Dragon, Whale….”
>
> It may refer to Pierce - or Driblette, or Wharfinger -
>
>  my first impression was it’s a generic “you”:
>
> Like a tour guide, or cab driver - here’s your Parthenon, here’s your
> London Bridge…
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Who is the antecedent of “You”? At this point I think she still means
> > Pierce
> >
> > I find no "You"....
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM J K Van Nort <jkvannort at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Pynchon’s vision is cosmic, and I do think Driblette’s metaphor is
> > > Pynchon’s response to both critics and his readers.
> > >
> > >
> > > However, Oedipa says at the beginning of ch 4 that “it was part of her
> > > duty, wasn’t it, to bestow life on what had persisted, to try to be
> what
> > > Driblette was, a dark machine in the center of the planetarium, to
> bring
> > > the estate into pulsing stelliferous Meaning, all in a soaring dome
> > around
> > > her?”
> > >
> > >
> > > She then remembers the bond she posted with probate court, identifying
> it
> > > as a monetary valuation of the obstacles she faces. She looks at the
> > > notebook with the muted horn where she wrote “Shall I project a world?”
> > > Then she says: “If not project then at least flash some arrow on the
> dome
> > > to skitter among the constellations and trace out your Dragon, Whale,
> > > Southern Cross. Anything might help.”
> > >
> > >
> > >
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