GR excludes the preterite????????????

[Eric Alan Weinstein University Of London Centre For English Studies]

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Jan's message, than Eric's reply:


>Andrew Walser writes:
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>>Why, I wonder, did Pynchon choose a loose style for VINELAND?  I
>>suspect that the decision relates to his politics -- that Pynchon
>>himself may have sensed something inegalitarian and exclusive about
>>GRAVITY'S RAINBOW.
>This is patronising nonsense.
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>He adds:
>>The book, after all, speaks mostly to college professors, who
>>(charming as they are) belong among the Elite, not among
>>the Preterite.
>Here in sunny old England, thankfully it is precisely college professors who 
>do NOT read Pynchon...
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>jan
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Eric says:

     Well, sorry, Jan, some of us do read him, but have no fear! No one on the 
Lecturer A/B scale could belong to much of an  Elite. Personally, I'm attempting
 to save up to buy a  Ford Fiesta without resorting to selling The (very
charming)
 Big Issue as a second career...
                     
E.A. Weinstein
Centre For English Studies
University Of London                                          
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