Back to Trilling The Recognitions

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Thu May 5 17:28:36 CDT 2011


Even though Laura is more often sure-footedly right than I am, in my opinion,
(but I may be wrong)...why is she the (only) one addressed to answer this 
question.....

Reader, I married her. 

(Not you, Laura, as we both know)...

(And more: can't ANY human being, male or female, make a sound judgement about 
this?
Fun theoretical discussion, maybe? )



----- Original Message ----
From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 3:14:19 PM
Subject: Re: Back to Trilling The Recognitions

mea culpa!  I've only just started the chapter.  Will give my thoughts when I 
catch up.

LK


-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
>Sent: May 5, 2011 3:05 PM
>To: kelber at mindspring.com
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Back to Trilling The Recognitions
>
>So, P-List Woman, is Esther a fully realized female character or
>another male author's bundle of projections (like unto almost every
>Pynchon female character...)?
>
>Just askin'
>
>On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:48 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> On 5/5/2011 9:52 AM, Jed Kelestron wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  It's
>>>>>> my experience that females can sometimes be quite adept at pointing out
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> delusions of males.  (not that this will necessary always be the case)
>>
>> A pointless exercise for the woman whose opinions the man holds in contempt[she 
>>grumbled].
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Richard Ryan
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