Tom and Harry

[Tom Beshear]

"kind of" unsatisfying is a qualifier right out of Wallace. Pynchon, Delillo 
and DFW lacking a thread of morality? Really?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Tom and Harry


> On 8/22/2011 6:20 AM, Henry M wrote:
>> http://www.cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2011/08/22/potter-ends-remarkable-high
>>
>> Is this is the kind of claptrack that passes for thoughtful writing at
>> Cornell these days?
>>
>> "Lucky for me, we inhabit a post-modern moment that offers a variety
>> of literature to reflect our confusion. Try pulling a thread of
>> morality out of Pynchon, Delillo or Foster Wallace and you’ll surely
>> see why. As a reader of contemporary American literature, I can’t help
>> but notice that not only is morality out of style, but so are dramatic
>> conclusions and linear structure. All of these structures seem overly
>> romantic and most authors employ them only ironically. In an attempt
>> to mirror real life, 21st century literature is incomplete, erratic
>> and kind of unsatisfying."
>
> I guess the author is undecided about what he really wants.
>
> "Lucky for me" is sort of ironic, but so is "kind of unsatisfying."
>
> P
>>
>> AsB4,
>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>> Henry Mu
>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>
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