[Paul Mackin]

>From Melanie S.:



How major of a role does gnosticism play in Pynchon?  Does this have any 
bearing on the idea of a bimodel world?


There's bipolarity all over the place starting early on (Keep cool but care)
but in _Gravity's Rainbow_ things begin to get tripolar (and beyond).

What would old Zarathrustra have thought of that?

It's maybe like leaving Bird still pursuing resolution--taking it to the
sea--to Ornette saying that old road has come to an end (to use the recent music examples).

But if you're a student one book you might look at is _Writing Pynchon_
by Alex McHoul and David Wills. It spends time on these ideas. Don't
remember if gnosticism is mentioned per se.


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