TRP Themes

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At 10:41 PM 2/28/96 +0200, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:
>I disagree. The "overarching theme in Pynchon", if any, and as it touches 
>on thermodynamic Entropy, is the _critique_ of a culture (or the entire 
>human race as it is today) which uses Entropy as central "overarching" 
>metaphor. For TRP, Entropy actually (actually? _actually_!) is of no 
>importance whatsoever.

I'm intrigued, but I'm afraid I'm not sure exactly what you mean.  Could you
give some examples of this?

I have difficulty with using entropy as THE theme in Pynchon's work too, but
for other reasons.  As much as the novels are about loss of order, and loss
of control, it seems they are also very much about convergence, and bringing
things full circle.  Only COL49 left me at the end with a sense of chaotic
upheaval.  The others were very carefully resolved, even more so perhaps
than your average novel.  Comments?

Al

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