"Is it something in this Wilderness, something ancient, that waited for them, and infected their Souls when they came?"
— Pynchon, Thomas (b. 1937)
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Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Henry Holt Company
Date
1997
Metaphor
"Is it something in this Wilderness, something ancient, that waited for them, and infected their Souls when they came?"
Metaphor in Context
He sees where blows with Rifle-Butts miss'd their Marks, and chipp'd the Walls. He sees blood in Corners never cleans'd. Thankful he is no longer a Child, else might he curse and weep, scattering his Anger to no Effect, Dixon now must be his own stern Uncle, and smack himelf [sic?] upon the Pate at any sign of unfocusing. What in the Holy Names are these people about? Not even the Dutchmen at the Cape behav'd this way. Is it something in this Wilderness, something ancient, that waited for them, and infected their Souls when they came?
(p. 347)
(p. 347)
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Citation
Pynchon, Thomas. Mason & Dixon. New York: Henry Holt Company, 1997.
Date of Entry
11/08/2010
