Intellect vs Emotion

[Henry Musikar]

It's notable that this appears to be one of two Pynchon situations, 
the other being the Pokler's ring and the woman in camp dora, that 
people mention as achieving "significant emotional effects." Marriage 
and death are involved in both. Hmmmm.

On 14 Jun 97 at 3:59, Paul Murphy <paul.murphy at utoronto.ca> wrote:

> Doug Millison writes:
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> >Pynchon avoids sentimentality, but achieves significant emotional effects
> >all the same. Mason's longing after his dead wife feels real (Pynchon's
> >especially good at longing, yearning), for example, and in countless small
> >moments he evokes deep emotional insight into his characters.
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> Don't know if I should still do this spoiler thing, but I will. The
> graveyard scene with Mason and his son was completely shattering for
> me, precisely because of the restraint, the boy saying to Mason (on
> p.768), "it's your mate."

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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