Pynchon and "faith"

[Paul Mackin]

On Sep 29, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Billy Internicola wrote:

> Hi all, a newbie here, I've been following the big bang/atheism/ 
> creation debate...
>
> As a believer ( not the creationist sort) I 've always felt like I  
> was somehow in the closet with said belief when my talking about my  
> love of pynchon and his work.
> I've always thoughtthat pynchon left the door open for some sort of  
> (non-traditonal I'm sure) spirit life and "God". Certainly the  
> Advent service in GR as well as several sections of M &D seem  
> purposely ambiguous. Roger Mexico, Slothrop at times, certainly  
> Mason have always struck me as possibly reflecting Pynchon's own  
> ponderings/doubts reffering life after death, etc.
>
> Am I being nieve? Perhaps it's all a sarcasm I'm not getting, but  
> I'd be surprised.
>
> Thoughts?


No reason to feel "in the closet" here just because of a few anti- 
religious pronouncements.  You have a considerable number of natural  
allies on the p-list, namely those who hold that Pynchon's works  
reflect strong postmodernist reservations about  the benefits of the  
Enlightenment.  Whether or not Pynchon leaves open the door you speak  
of, it was the Enlightenment that bolted it fast in the first place.

Let the p-list culture wars continue . . . .


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