antw. pynchon's strictly humanist concern

[David Morris]

>From: CyrusGeo at netscape.net
>
>lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de (lorentzen-nicklaus) wrote:
>
> >     terrance wrote: pynchon's
> >     "concern is not machines, but humans."
> >
> >  yet didn't he study physics and even do engineering at boeing?
> >  kai

Do we know what he did at Boeing?  Wasn't it writing texts?

>So what?
>[...]
>Now seriously, Pynchon's concern is the human condition. Machines and 
>mechanical structures mostly promote death in his work. And I believe 
>Pynchon is pro-life.

Yes, but death and life are figurative in this context, not literal.  They 
include (I won't say *ARE*) Freudian concepts as elaborated by Norman O. 
Brown.  [Everyone who seriously wants to dig into Pynchon should read 
Brown's "Life Against Death" and "Loves Body."  Pynchon obviously did.]  
This all goes along with Terrance's observation that the assembled beings in 
Pynchon's books are not about machines but are metaphors for psychological 
issues.

David Morris


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