Recog ch 2

[Mark Kohut]

Yes, and some part of pride is often simple self-respect not
just a kind of hubris, I might add.

I would call it 'innocence' in my essay. "Wyatt's eyes burned as he looked, 
turning green." 

Suggesting that since Why is not made explicit, it is because such dishonesty is 

naturally felt to be 'wrong'.  

Innocence like Ishmael's, like a James' heroine, like Huck Finn's...



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From: Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
To: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 9:03:50 AM
Subject: Re: Recog ch 2

I don't believe the novel is explicit about what offends Wyatt about
Cremer's offer (Wyatt calls it "insane"); readers are left to surmise
for themselves.  Perhaps its a genuine moral indignation at the
proposed dishonesty....but perhaps its also a matter of pride: Wyatt
may be offended by the suggestion that his work is not sufficiently
brilliant to attract favorable notices on its own, that he would have
to pay for a good review of his paintings.  The irony that his genuine
canvases would only provoke "forged" criticism is obvious.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I guess Wyatt doesn't hope for an eternal reward.
>>
>> All his history to me at one point suggested that.
>
> which things made you think that?
>
> for me the idea cropped up when he talks about "the vanishing point"
> which is suggestive but I'm not sure how to express why that makes me
> think about post-life planning...
>
>
> mainly, though, the best indicator is that he doesn't act in his own
> epicurean interests, but refuses Cremer's kind offer --
>
> If he doesn't believe in some kind of transcendental rightness that he
> has to answer to, be judged by, and expect non-earthly rewards from,
> then why does he do that?
>
>



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