glossolalia.

[Paul Mackin]

Doesn't sound like they have a particular chapter in mind. However the
passages under discussion here may illustate certain characteristics of
P's writing technique. Never be trite, or too predictable, or easy to
understand. Always leave the audience wanting more. And above all drop a
slightly ambigious wisecrack at the end to deflate the heavy going gloom
and somberness of the situation--'a ride home' indeed.

Pynchon's wisecracks seem carefully chosen and who would expect
otherwise. They are truly ambiguous. So P is predictable afterall.

	 P.
 
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Ralph Blunsom wrote:

> Mackin:
> 
> > Pokler's reaction to Dora seems one
> > of total despair.
> 
> Quite. Just a futile gesture of Alchemy.
> 
> By the by, found this in the ODE under the definition for g l o s s:
> 
> --an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase, "the chapter acts as a
> helpful g l o s s on Pynchon's general method".
> 
> Anyone know the origin for this citation? Or indeed the Chapter?
>