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

[Mark Kohut]

Art, great writing that is art, is moral to the smallest tingling nerve-lines...["nerve-lines": M & D]

David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:  On 4/26/07, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:    
Is anything really at stake then (besides fine writing)  in these
unrealistic, mythical, un-nuanced depictions of imperialism,
colonialism, capitalism, anarchism, innocence, edens, paradises,  etc.?

Fending off possible excuses can't be what Pynchon labors mightily for.. 

More likely  those portentous-sounding passages like "Does Britannia,
when she sleeps, . . ."  serve mainly to make our nerve endings
tingle, which they make mine do exceedingly well..  The more such 
passages the better as far as I'm concerned. And don't tell me I'm
trivializing Pynchon's art. I'm  recognizing it for what it is.  
I think there's a moral viewpoint at stake, a concern for the moral trajectories to be seen in human enterprise.  The unrealistic, mythic technique makes it easier to portray connections. 

Not to say that Pynch isn't interested in tingling the nerves, causing a bit of horripilation or heavy breathing, etc. 






       
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