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

[David Morris]

>From: Bandwraith at aol.com>
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>In a message dated 9/21/02 7:04:04 PM, fqmorris at hotmail.com writes:
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><< 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

The question is fundamental:  Who fricken cares about, about, about, about 
what Pynchon is up to?  The reason I wonder is simple:  is it new? (modern) 
*OR*  is it POMO (not)?  O-OR (do you propose another, sir?)?"  Does anybody 
care?


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