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Description edit
This guide aims to assist readers through the thicket of often esoteric allusions in "The Crying of Lot 49". It contains mainly interpretive notes although some are designed to provide a historical context to what Pynchon has written or to recover the meaning of a reference.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Oedipa Maas: Add a description of this character.
- Pynchon
- Pierce
- Driblette
- Metzger
- Mendelson
- Hollander
- Hilarius
- Tanner
- Palmeri
- Schaub
- Watson
- Kohn
- Abernethy
- Maxwell
- Stevenson
- Nefastis
- Cowart
- Bortz
- Slade
- Tyson
- Nicholson
- Freese
- Hartley
- Coates
- Newman
- Cohen
- Hayles
- Dugdale
- Mucho
- Blaine
- Gleason
- Davidson
- Sherard
- Wharfinger
- Freud
- Medoro
- Pellegrin
- Kermode
- Johnston
- Kolodny
- Leff
- Botticelli
- Szilard
- Madsen
- Landauer
- Kirby
- Shannon
Setting & Locations edit
- Tristero
- America
- San Narciso
- Varo
- California
- San Francisco
- Thurn
- Thoth
- Mexico
- Trystero
- United States
- Pacific
- Kinneret
First Sentence edit
H9.I, BI.I Mrs Oedipa Maas Few commentaries on the novel are silent on the subject of Oedipa's name.
Authors & Contributors edit
- J. Kerry Grant (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › Literary Theory
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- Books › Nonfiction › Education › Literacy
- Books › Reference › Words & Language › Linguistics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading › Literacy
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism
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