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The Power of Love in Chimera and V

Author: Darcy E. Howe (Lehigh University)

Abstract

False self and false elements of the self haunt John Barth's Chimera and Thomas Pynchon's V. In both is the ultimate betrayal of the body, the sexual self; in both is the false, unnatural, substitution of the false for the true limbs, eyes, teeth; in both is the betrayal of the body unused, the atrophying of the self.

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How to Cite: Howe, D. E. (1992) “The Power of Love in Chimera and V”, Pynchon Notes.(0). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/pn.239