rubrics (I like that word), wrecking crews and hugfests
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 25 08:03:23 CST 2009
Ray Easton asks:
> What duality?
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> The presence of 'X' within a satire of 'X' is not itself
> evidence of
> duality. How would one go about satirizing 'X'
> without in the process
> informing one's work with 'X'?
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> Replace the 'X' in the above with "occult", with
> "conspiracy theory", or
> with whichever is your own personal favorite of Pynchon's
> hobby-horses.
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> Ray
The duality, basically, is how much he embraces what he also satirizes. How much he believes in some/any "occult' understandings yet how foolish he finds them given the often-savage satire.
Like John, and others, I always think of it re the Tarot in GR, say....and much else, especially in Against the Day, that jam-packed book.
Or, from another perspective, P hisself has dissed such either-or, excluded middle thinking so.....................
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