ATDTDA - grace

[John BAILEY]

See also Kleist on the natural grace of the puppet.

"...where grace is concerned, it is impossible for man to come anywhere
near a puppet. Only a god can equal inanimate matter in this respect.
This is the point where the two ends of the circular world meet."

I'd say Kleist's marionette essay
(http://southerncrossreview.org/9/kleist.htm), which is heavily
concerned with the notion of grace, is a must for Pynchon readers. I
also think P has moved much closer to Kleist's position over the course
of his career - compare the fascinated but very wary stance towards
technology which underscores V. against the flight towards grace of
Vaucanson's duck in M&D.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of Dave Monroe
Sent: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 3:25 AM
To: Keith; Rude Pseudointellectual Twit-List
Subject: Re: ATDTDA - grace

--- Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:

> When Westerners think of 'grace' they quickly go to the Christian 
> sense of grace ...

"A remarkable innovation would be the use of automata, to play Su Feng's
handmaidens.  'A German engineer is building them,' said Itague.
'they're lovely
creatures: one will even unfasten your robe.  Another will play a
zither--although the music itself comes from the pit.  But they move so
gracefully!  Not like machines at all." (V., Ch. 14, Sec. i, p. 396)

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