Christianity and Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

And not to forget that, though under British dominance, the Maryland colony was a Catholic refuge granted to Cecil Calvert, Lord
Baltimore, himself a Catholic.

P.

alfredjprufrock at club-internet.fr wrote:

> DM> One is not MORE important than the other, but the two are important
> DM> together.  Protestants started this country.  Catholics invaded it later:
> DM> first the French who supported "enemy" tribes against us, then about a
> DM> hundred years later the Irish rabble.  But I think in terms of dissecting
> DM> P's works that it is important to remember this country's founders did not
> DM> revere the Virgin.
>
> er...excuse me?
>
> the french were in america before the brits, david my dear. french
> fishermen in newfoundland from the early 1500s, cartier in 1534.
> french settlement in florida in 1562... the first brit settlement was in 1587, dare i think.
>
> there weren't many of us, mostly fur traders, we never were settlers, but you know. hence we did not invade america, we owned lousiana
> anyway. the TRUE founders of this country did revere the virgin!!!
> they put her name everywhere!!! planted signs in her name and in the
> names of all the saints they could think of. and what about the
> spaniards in the south?
>
> what about the forgotten founders of this country, david, uh? more
> than the slothrops and winthrops, they're the real losers of america,
> and as such, are to be taken into account in pynchon's works.
>
> man, and how we love that virgin mary...
>  no but seriously, i think there is something with the catholic side
>  of america that's been wiped out because it's indeed the history of
>  the losers, the french, the spaniards, the mexicans. but they're
>  there alright, the whole time.
>
> greg