How people read the Pyncher (was Re: Charles Hollander's Essay)

[s~Z]

>>>The benifits of Thoreen or Hollander are many. But the
most important thing that these politically perceptive
critics do, as far as I'm concerned, is to provide not
a way into the texts, but a way out of them. Of course
Pynchon's texts provide a way out all on their own.
Just as there is no way out for the characters in his
books, there are many ways out for the reader. <<<


Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD
comes escape from death. Surely God will crush the heads
of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their
sins. The Lord says, "I will bring them from Bashan; I will
bring them from the depths of the sea, that you may plunge
your feet in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your
dogs have their share."
                                                  (Psalm 68:20-23)

http://www.upword.com/donne/deaths-duel.html


Flash Gordon's Ape
   --Capt. Beefheart

You jumped when the air hit your eyes
You wanted t' go back but there wadn't none
Now you been going back for so long 
That you think there is one
It makes me laugh to hear you say how far you've come
When you barely know how to use your thumb
So you know how t' count t' one
You messed in the sky picked a banana an' threw it
At the sun
You saw a flash in the water now there ain't one
You brought back somethin' that wasn't there
You brought back somethin' that wasn't fair
Pull back the adhes-e-ive tape
You're in ah scrape
Take to to your trees
There's no escape
The leaves are gettin' faker everyday
Flash Gordon's ape
You're today