re: Polyphemus Yellow Wallpaper
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In the Cyclops, the monocular monster's inability to produce a parallax-- that slight shift in perspective between two points of view provides Joyce endless fun and puns and parody. The simplest example of the parallax is the differing perspective of two eyes, the effect of which produces depth-vision. Polyphemus literally lacks depth perception; in "Cyclops," each narrative eyewitness likewise lacks depth. Of course there is a bilographical fact that influences the chapter--Joyce's eyes. In this Chapter of M&D, a biographical fact seems to have influenced the chapter too. On another topic, why has so much of the biographical literary criticism of Pynchon failed to say anything about his Mother? A belated happy father's day to all you fathers, Boquita __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com