A guy named Justin St Coe had a really good paper on Pynchon. I can't remember if it was Against the Day or Mason and Dixon but there are two really good essays on both of those novels out there. I think you can learn much from Pynchon's essays, introductions to other books and his Slow Learner introduction. I'm glad the guest brought these up. Also, I believe there is a good bit of veiled autobiography (or maybe it is consubstantial?).
Literary deconstruction is such garbage. Especially when it comes to transcendent art like Pynchon, James Joyce, or David Lynch. The experience is the deeper truth. Trying to compartmentalize and label it destroys its meaning completely. This type of work is like a zen koan. The insights are completely dependent on the state of the observer and should be treated as such.
I feel like it’s you, not the deconstructivists, who are cutting off 90% of the possible experiences of a work and calling them invalid, and who are thus making it harder to enjoy. You can be totally transported by something and still also write papers about it, man.
Thank you for the podcast. It opened up many new insights to me, specifically about V and MASON & DIXON
Interesting discussion. Shame Against the Day wasn’t talked about, a lot is in that tome. My personal favourite from Pynchon.
oustanding discussion !
A guy named Justin St Coe had a really good paper on Pynchon. I can't remember if it was Against the Day or Mason and Dixon but there are two really good essays on both of those novels out there.
I think you can learn much from Pynchon's essays, introductions to other books and his Slow Learner introduction. I'm glad the guest brought these up. Also, I believe there is a good bit of veiled autobiography (or maybe it is consubstantial?).
This was excellent- as are most of your podcasts
best answer to the hermitix question
paranoia to be defined more precisely as sensing invisible forces at work and out to get you too
Can anyone write down the 5 thinkers he named for the Hermitix question? Specially the first one, didn't quite get that
it was only 3: Gilles Deleuze, Walter Benjamin, and Thomas Pynchon
@@averyvanderhorst2272 Thank you very much
Literary deconstruction is such garbage. Especially when it comes to transcendent art like Pynchon, James Joyce, or David Lynch. The experience is the deeper truth. Trying to compartmentalize and label it destroys its meaning completely. This type of work is like a zen koan. The insights are completely dependent on the state of the observer and should be treated as such.
I feel like it’s you, not the deconstructivists, who are cutting off 90% of the possible experiences of a work and calling them invalid, and who are thus making it harder to enjoy.
You can be totally transported by something and still also write papers about it, man.