Re: Mike Jing question on Cyprian’s skepticism

[Mike Jing]

Roger. And welcome back.

On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:21 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> I think R S’s paraphrase is a clear accurate version of the intended
> meaning.
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> Cyprian finds himself genuinely moved by the
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> hymns issuing from the churches on campus - his
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> former skepticism now is aroused (addressed)
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> only by the very worst of the worst of the
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> church music -
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> such as Filtham.
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> All the other church music makes him
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> sincerely worshipful. (An attitude described by
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> Pynchon in the preceding wonderfully
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> convoluted sentences, full of caveats
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> and paradox)
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> This foreshadows his much later devotional turn in becoming a monk, or nun…
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