Christianity and Pynchon

[David Morris]

>From: jbor
>
>     Wicks (unattributed): " ... History is the Dance of our Hunt for 
>Christ, and how we have far'd. ... "
>
>     Ethelmer (attributed): "Including ev'ry Crusade, Inquisition, 
>Sectarian War, the millions of lives, the seas of blood [...] What 
>happen'd? He liked it so much being dead that He couldn't wait to come back 
>and share it with ev'rybody else?" (_M&D_ 75-6)

I love this pair of quotes from the twins.  Is there any doubt that Pynchon 
loves these quick quips just as Franklin did with his "Poor Henry's 
Almanac?"  Platonic Discourse?  I think if Pynchon occupies the soul of his 
characters, he does it with feeling for Franklin.

David Morris


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