GRGR(4)KK and "enthymeme"

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Doug Millison wrote:

> Terrance thus sums up the two dominant views of GR, and TRP's work in
> general, as expressed here on Pynchon-L -- those who would deny the ability
> to find any ultimate meanings in TRP's novels (the yoyo ride), and those
> who find such meanings (the flashlight in the sewers). So many of our
> discussions here go in that loop. My reading of Pynchon tells me he's doing
> more than giving us sophisticated jerk-off stimuli.

Not much of a bell curve but you can tell the participants by their hat
color. My reading is that he's giving us more than conventional pieties
and disapproval noises. (you know, like tsk tsk tsk)

But seriously, does anyone on the p-list believe novels can have "ultimate
meanings?"


				P.