The Religious and Political Vision of Against the Day (K Hume)

[Jerome Park]

In Pynchon's Against the day a corrupted pilgrim's guide, Hume's essay is
my favorite. In fact, I always take time to read Hume on Pynchon because,
while difficult reading, it's always well worth it. BTW,while I disagree
with the Counter Cultural reader by Freer that I referenced yesterday, I
would not want to dissuade anyone, certainly not you (Mark), from reading
it. It's good. And, while  I might take issue with Hume's general use of
the term lefty, and her claim that P's sympathies are pro-labor, what I
like is that Pynchon's vision is not treated as a fixed position. In any
event, just want to point out that I am not proposing a radical reading of
Pynchon some sort of closet conservative, but rather that his politics and
religious vision evolve over his long career; his treatment of work and
workers, organized and splintered, changes from V. to AGTD. So, I agree
with Hume here, but would add much to the evolution of the vision of a
sense of wonder.
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