Difference between revisions of "Chapter 7: 58-76"

Revision as of 14:26, 29 December 2006 (view source) Volver (Talk | contribs) (→‎Page 58) ← Older edit		Revision as of 14:28, 29 December 2006 (view source) Volver (Talk | contribs) (→‎Page 73) Newer edit →
Line 141:		Line 141:
	'''Sector Wallah'''<br>		'''Sector Wallah'''<br>
−	???	+	"Wallah," in British India, a specialist or tradesman. Sector Wallah, the person in charge of the Sector.
	==Page 74==		==Page 74==

---

Revision as of 14:28, 29 December 2006

Page 58

sepia-shadow'd
???

Herren XVII
Modern Dutch spelling "de Heeren XVII," the 17 Lords, board of governors of the V.O.C.

Eighteenth Lord... never be acknowledg'd
???

V.O.C.
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the Dutch East India Company.

Page 59

Slaves
Pynchon appears to have cast around for a politically correct subtheme for the Capetown episodes, and picked slavery for want of anything more Pynchonian.

set against
Imperialist strategy of divide-and-conquer.

Page 60

Droster
???

Vroom
vroo*

Jethro's Tent
???

Nimrods
???

Page 61

Fascination
Pynchon needed a personality-contrast between M and D, and chose (arbitarily?) to make M melancholy but charismatic (cf Byron?) and Dixon the opposite. It's hard to see from TRP's descriptions what women see in M.

Portable Soup... Slabs
???

Emerson... Darlington Market
???

Page 62

Kezia
???

Kerenhappuch
???

Page 63

Rattle-Watch
???

English Tea-Pot
Free associating, Mason to English to English tea to teapot?

Page 64

Vrou
???

fatally but not yet mortally
???

Page 65

Dagga
???

Page 66

dorsal 'Scape
Dorsal landscape = shapely rear end.

five Sprites
The women?

Asian parlor-game
???

Page 67

Indifference-Draught
Traditionally saltpetre.

Page 69

Velleity
???

Rix-Dollar
Reichsdollar, a Dutch coin.

Late Blow
???

Butter-Bag Castle
???

Page 70

karis
???

Page 71

Routs and Ridottoes
???

Page 72

Blight
???

terre mauvais
???

Page 73

two Punches in a Droll-booth
(As in Punch-and-Judy slapstick puppets?)

Jesuits... Invisible College
???

Nervus Probandi
???

Mr. Peach
???

Spotted Cubes
Dice.

Sector Wallah
"Wallah," in British India, a specialist or tradesman. Sector Wallah, the person in charge of the Sector.

Page 74

Stuffata
???

dating back to Walpole
???

Clive
???

Maskelyne
???

Robert Waddington
???

Bleak
???

Piggotts... A long stare
???

Page 75

Bodkin
???

History is the Dance of our Hunt for Christ
Nice.

Annotations by Page

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