Pynchon/Hillman

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at verizon.net
Tue Nov 1 15:20:42 CDT 2011


On 11/1/2011 2:31 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:
> Thanks for the archival blasts.......
> I am sure we all could have a(nother) long discussion on the meaning 
> of "a divided self' as the rhetorical
> question is posed here, but I think Pynchon's self, if divided once, 
> like many of us, has been unified in
> most of the important ways for a long time now.......
> I base this, again, unscientific speculation on the lifelong rough 
> coherence of his vision, imho, although
> I could be divided against myself in a collapsing house.....

I'm sure there is split opinion on the p-list, but would Pynchon ever 
want to be associated with anything as "systematic" as an "Integrated 
personality?"


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> *From:* Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> *To:* Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>; pynchon-l at waste.org
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 1, 2011 1:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Pynchon/Hillman
>
> On 11/1/2011 1:07 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:
>> On 11/1/2011 12:41 PM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know nothing about any real relationship.
>>>
>>> The relation was discussed here several times since the late 1990s.
>> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9906&msg=39435&keywords=hillman
>
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9906&msg=39433&sort=date
>
> T. F.  is still with us in spirit.  Watch the flickering flame.
>
> P
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>>>
>>> The idea that Pynchon may had gone to Hillman for treatment was anew 
>>> formulated
>>> two years ago by a certain Mark Kohut :-(
>>>
>>> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0912&msg=146008&sort=date
>>>
>>>
>>> "Hillman lived and practiced in California during crucial years of TRP's tim=
>>> e there. He could have met him; been led to him.......
>>>
>>> I have wondered, silently, if he .....went....to him professionally."
>>>
>>>
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