http://culturecrammer.com/2009/11/18/the-corrections-by-jonathan-franzen-fourth-estate-2001/ art music film theatre books videogames opera Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://culturecrammer.com/2009/11/18/the-corrections-by-jonathan-franzen-fourth-estate-2001/#comment-32 Elizabeth Wells Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:38:56 +0000 http://culturecrammer.com/?p=717#comment-32 Fantastic review, spot-on. Of course one of Franzen's idols must also be Thomas Pynchon, whom he references through his playful appellations ('Corecktall' and the wonderfully-named Eden Procuro... remember Crying of Lot 49s memorable 'Emory Bortz', Randolph Driblette and Manny di Presso??), a strain of absurdist nomenclature that I suppose can be traced back to Smollett Fielding and Dickens. Agree too with the dropping away of focus in the middle... Fantastic review, spot-on. Of course one of Franzen’s idols must also be Thomas Pynchon, whom he references through his playful appellations (‘Corecktall’ and the wonderfully-named Eden Procuro… remember Crying of Lot 49s memorable ‘Emory Bortz’, Randolph Driblette and Manny di Presso??), a strain of absurdist nomenclature that I suppose can be traced back to Smollett Fielding and Dickens. Agree too with the dropping away of focus in the middle…

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