Pynchon Wiki: Mason & Dixon

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This is the Wiki for Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon.

Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can take a look at Mason & Dixon covers or read the reviews.

Contents 1 How to Use this Wiki 2 Alphabetical Index 3 Page by Page Annotations 4 Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines 5 External Links 5.1 Reading Notes/Guides 5.2 Historical Resources 6 Featured Article 7 Gallery

How to Use this Wiki

There are two major ways to use this wiki. The first is the Mason & Dixon Alphabetical Index, used to keep track of the myriad characters, real and imagined, as well as events, arcana, and lots of other stuff. The second is the Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page, which allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner. These two sections are so far almost entirely different, but we're working on integrating them.

Apart from those, it's up to you!

Alphabetical Index

Information on the characters, events, and everything else in Mason & Dixon, organized alphabetically:

Page by Page Annotations

One: Latitudes and Departures	1: 5-11, 2: 12-13, 3: 14-29, 4: 30-41, 5: 42-46, 6: 47-57, 7: 58-76, 8: 77-86, 9: 87-93, 10: 94-104, 11: 105-115, 12: 116-124, 13: 125-145, 14: 146-157, 15: 158-166, 16: 167-174, 17: 175-182, 18: 183-189, 19: 190-198, 20: 199-206, 21: 207-214, 22: 215-227, 23: 228-237, 24: 238-245, 25: 245-253
Two: America	26: 257-265, 27: 266-274, 28: 275-288, 29: 289-295, 30: 296-301, 31: 302-314, 32: 315-326, 33: 327-340, 34: 341-348, 35: 349-361, 36: 362-370, 37: 371-381, 38: 382-390, 39: 391-398, 40: 399-409, 41: 410-421, 42: 422-435, 43: 436-439, 44: 440-447, 45: 448-451, 46: 452-459, 47: 460-465, 48: 466-475, 49: 476-483, 50: 484-490, 51: 491-498, 52: 499-510, 53: 511-524, 54: 525-541, 55: 542-553, 56: 554-561, 57: 562-569, 58: 570-574, 59: 575-584, 60: 585-596, 61: 597-607, 62: 608-617, 63: 618-622, 64: 623-628, 65: 629-632, 66: 633-645, 67: 646-657, 68: 658-664, 69: 665-677, 70: 678-686, 71: 687-693, 72: 694-705, 73: 706-713
Three: Last Transit	74: 717-732, 75: 733-743, 76: 744-748, 77: 749-757, 78: 758-773

Pynchon Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines

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External Links

• Search the contents of Mason & Dixon (Google)
• ThomasPynchon.com
• Haunting and Hunting:
  Bodily Resurrection and the Occupation of History in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon - Justin Scott Coe
• The Modern Word page on Mason & Dixon
• Wikipedia Mason & Dixon page
• Extended ToC for Mason & Dixon

• The Modern Word Pynchon page
• The Fictional Woods - a Pynchon forum
• Pynchonoid Blog
• Pynchon-L

Reading Notes/Guides

• Toby Levy's Mason & Dixon 3 Pages a Day Project
• Peter Schmidt’s Mason & Dixon Reading Notes
• "Dinn's Notes" from the Pynchon-L Group Read

Historical Resources

• A Brief History of the Mason-Dixon Survey

Featured Article

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Gallery

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