Tom and Harry

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at verizon.net
Mon Aug 22 10:27:13 CDT 2011


On 8/22/2011 11:10 AM, Tom Beshear wrote:
> "kind of" unsatisfying is a qualifier right out of Wallace. Pynchon, 
> Delillo and DFW lacking a thread of morality? Really?

which reminds me of something I just read in the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/another-thing-to-sort-of-pin-on-david-foster-wallace.html?ref=books
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mackin" 
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>> On 8/22/2011 6:20 AM, Henry M wrote:
>>> http://www.cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2011/08/22/potter-ends-remarkable-high 
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>>> 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."
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>> I guess the author is undecided about what he really wants.
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>> "Lucky for me" is sort of ironic, but so is "kind of unsatisfying."
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>> P
>>>
>>> AsB4,
>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> Henry Mu
>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>>
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