VineLand-IntraVenoes: Pynchon's novels as religious exploration [re-sent]

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

[Since 'plain text' seems to kick out the addresses, it wasn't clear that
the question was Laura's. Sorry!]


First novel, first chapter, first page:
"Every night is Christmas Eve on old East Main"

kfl

 
 
 
 
Laura:
 
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>> Examples?
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>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: David Morris
>>
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>David Morris
>>>
>>>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).
>>