VinleLand-IntraVenoes: Pynchon's novels as religious exploration

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

First novel, first chapter, first page:
"Every night is Christmas Eve on old East Main"
 
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> Examples?
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: David Morris 
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>>One of Pynchon's over-arching explorations is that of origins of
>>order/patterns/meaning in the universe. Are they inherent (existent
>>apart from man, and "discovered" or "revealed"), or are they invented?
>> Or both? This is very much a religious question, and thus, I think,
>>ALL of Pynchon's novels are steeped in religious exploration.
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>>David Morris
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>>On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:49 PM,  wrote:
>>> I have to confess to a total mental block towards anything remotely religious or spiritual. Still, the majority of TRP's themes don't fall into these categories, which explains why I'm such a Pynchon fan(atic).
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