Talk:V.

From the wikipedia entry on the letter V. "During the late Middle Ages, two forms of the letter V developed"......possibly very relevant to understanding the seemingly dual nature of V in the novel. The late Middle Ages is where much mystery in TRP's vision through many books seems to come from, be 'lost' in. V http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V

Michael Vella notes that a surrealist journal in New York City in 1960 was entitled VVV (the last V runs slanted which I cannot duplicate). There was a manifesto on the title page:
"V is a 'vow--an energy--to return to a habitable and conceivable world;' V is for Victory over the forces of "regression and faith;" V is for the "emancipation of the spirit" and the "liberation of man;" V is "activity;" V is the view of the eye turned toward the internal as well as the external world; V is the synthesis of the inward and outward, and the Ego and Self. Most importantly, in Breton's words, V is "the continual systematic enlargement of the field of consciousness towards a total view". It 'translates all the reactions of the eternal on the actual' and above all 'takes account of the myth in the process of formation beneath the VEIL of happenings.'" "Thomas Pynchon's Intrusion in the Enchanter's Domain" Twentieth Century Literature 35 (1989): 131-146, p. 133.

We know that Pynchon lived in Greenwich Village in the early sixties.

I noticed that both V and COL49 wikis have far fewer entries than the more recent works. I am curious if anyone has submitted to this wiki recently. I will be adding some entries as I review the book. Jkvannort (talk) 17:50, 6 March 2024 (PST)