MDDM Ch. 76 ..a sort of Shadow ever in the Room [747.27]

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Sat Sep 21 19:37:16 CDT 2002


In a message dated 9/21/02 7:04:04 PM, fqmorris at hotmail.com writes:

<< Before we ask "What is Pynchon up to here?" we should first ask ourselves 
why we care about this question.  Is this question not necesitated by a need 
for a clear road map?  Maybe the need to hold on to a consistent agent of 
the story is counterproductive.  And I don't think that this indeterminacy 
is a definition of POMO.  Terrance has stated thus before, essentially: 
"What's new?"!!!   And I'm beginning to wonder myself.  Stated in another 
way, couldn't the hobgoblin of the shyster of what's called called 
"Modernism" be the real culprit?  Something called "consistency" or 
"realism" is a false ruler for measuring the development of fiction.
 >>

I'm sorry. It's not clear to me what point you are trying to make. 
Could you rephrase it?

regards



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