tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post2859832974318342241..comments2023-10-26T04:53:21.986-05:00Comments on <a href="http://huckupchuck.blogspot.com">The Huck Upchuck</a>: The "Modesty Paradox" in Larry McMurtry's novel "Lonesome Dove"Huckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878450464298055466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post-11066255095704401932011-09-09T11:42:47.523-05:002011-09-09T11:42:47.523-05:00I never really considered it in realtion to Loneso...I never really considered it in realtion to Lonesome Dove, but you make an excellent point here. Casual sex in the face of Protestant sexual ethics is a common theme in McMurtry's writing, and I enjoy his (always somewhat humorous) take on it. <br /><br />In his series of books about the fictitious rural Texas town of Thalia, you repeatedly see a sort of existential rural boredom getting people into trouble when it comes to sex. As somebody who grew up in exactly that kind of small town, is intimately familiar with the awkward social situations caused by a small group sinners "fraught with horn" living in close proximity to eachother with nothing much to do, and who has seen more than a few local preachers run out of town over sex scandals... McMurtry's take on the duplicitous nature of sexual morality in the American West (either the Old West or the modern) is probably one of the main reasons I enjoy reading his books. Good call.Ericnoreply@blogger.com