MDMD[6]: Fatherhood & The Absent Author

[Paul Mackin]

Greg M writes:


Paul Mackin's question:

> But,  can we 
>say that Pynch is absent in other significant ways? Does he, for
>example,  absent himself from his own writing? .... Has anyone ever
>detected  an absence of authorial presense in the Pynchonian text?

Greg responds:
his main attraction was his OVERWHELMING
authorial presence;  it's very strength is what causes people to love his
books or find them totally unreadable.

>>>>>I tend to be solidly with you Greg on this one. I was being
rhetorical, or maybe I was playing the devil's advocate if I'm stretching
the meaning of 'rhetorical' too awful much.Harrison had been playing 
around with the idea of possible author/father absence and I was
trying to join into that.. Harrison's point had seemed worth thinking
about. Hope I didn't miss it completely.

			P.