Thanksgiving piece, including Hawthorne, Emerson and 'when American liberty also meant an obligation to the common good'

[Mark Kohut]

I don't think so at all.....P felt the Calvinist distinction no matter how much 
it existed in reality

And, I think his vision of America--of life-- contains notions of active 
liberty, of working against the death of America's ideals
as we all discussed in Vineland and passive politics.................





----- Original Message ----
From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thu, November 25, 2010 10:25:02 AM
Subject: Re: Thanksgiving piece, including Hawthorne, Emerson and 'when American 
liberty also meant an obligation to the common good'

which if true pretty much scotches much of Pynchon's underlying
assumptions and worldview which I find deeply suspect anyways.



On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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