Tom and Harry

[Paul Mackin]

On 8/22/2011 11:27 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
> 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?
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> which reminds me of something I just read in the NY Times.

My hell, he's even on the music page.
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> 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" 
>> <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: Tom and Harry
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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?
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>>>> "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
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>>>> AsB4,
>>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>>> Henry Mu
>>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
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