M & D and ATD, thematic homage, parallels, etc.

[Paul Mackin]

On Apr 26, 2007, at 2:35 PM, David Morris wrote:

>
> Well Paul's "what is is" goes along with his earlier statements that
> Pynchon's long sentences like the ones snipped above can't be parsed,
> presumably because they are primarily "poetry," and thus never
> intended for such inspection.  But I don't go along with him there.
> If he wanted to be so vague, he would have been more so, like his
> beloved Rilke.
>
> Instead Pynchon writes in contradictory extremes meant as many-layered
> metaphors, encompassing psychological theories, historical theories,
> and theological theories, etc.  None of these are fully resolved, and
> conflicting evidence to them doesn't devalue them because of that, so
> there's no need to "fend off excuses."  If he'd found the unified
> answer he'd have started a church by now, but, given his love of
> celebrity, he'd probably be that man behind the curtain.
>
> David Morris

Some people might  argue that too many contradictory implications,  
without some kind of  resolution,
only succeed in hiding but never revealing hidden truths.

While the more likely case if that it's  the truths that are  
contradictory, not the revelations of them.

P.