EDNOTE. I see from the posting below that one can get a count of authors whose works are used as examples in the new on-line Oxford Dictionary. Perhaps some one who has access can get us the count for VN.

> > A cross-post from the Gaddis list, where a list member with access to a
> > searchable OED has run the numbers. I guess this taps in to the "big words"
> > thread unspooling elsewhere 'round these parts.
> >
> > I've snipped the Gaddis word lists to save space. If you want them I can
> > forward offlist, just ask. (Or join the Gaddis list @ yahoogroups!)
> >
> > "Dear God! there are, it looks like, 135 references to Gaddis in the
> > second edition of the OED, entirely to The Recognitions. Here's a
> > quick list, apologies for the formatting:
> >