The Crying of Lot 49 and C. S. Peirce's theory of self-organization.(Charles Sanders Peirce)(Critical essay)

Pynchon Notes | March 22, 2003| | Copyright

The possible relevance of the unusual names Oedipa, Thum and Taxis, and Pierce Inverarity to themes in The Crying of Lot 49 has intrigued Pynchon critics since the novel's publication. Oedipa's name, many agree, points to her role as a solver of riddles, after Oedipus, who answered the riddle of the Sphinx. The historical postal family Thum and Taxis has been investigated, but nothing particularly significant about the name itself has been found. Regarding a Pierce/Peirce link, in "a novel so concerned with signs and the processes of signification," John Johnston observes, ...

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