Tom and Harry

[Paul Mackin]

On 8/22/2011 11:29 AM, Keith Davis wrote:
> What do you expect fro a book review of "Hairy Peter"? Oops, that was 
> almost immoral...

I'm not a Harry Potter fan.  Books that turn out "happy" or even allow 
for "hope" may be "satisfying" but they somehow grate on me.

I'm not really entirely  convinced by Pynchon critics who are at pains 
to place structures on his novels than allow for or permit positive 
interpretations. (I know what the critics are about and I sympathize, 
but . . . . )

I think Mark's thoughts about Pynchon and Systems might also apply here.

The positivities in Pynchon are in the words (it's a sound, man) , not 
the systems.

That's my system.

Know what I mean?

P






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> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com 
> <mailto:tbeshear at insightbb.com>> wrote:
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>     "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 <mailto:mackin.paul at verizon.net>>
>     To: <pynchon-l at waste.org <mailto: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:
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>             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.
>
>         "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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