TRP, Gore Vidal, p/modern

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

John writes:
 
> Vidal can be among the nastiest bitches writing, no doubt about that.  
> His allusion to Pynchon's Law is, clearly, sarcastic.  But that doesn't 
> mean he hasn't the right to make legitimate queries into postmodernist 
> literature.  I think he errs in considering TRP postmodernist, but that's 
> another matter.

RE. Vidal: As essayist, or talk show guest, for that matter, Vidal is 
quite entertaining. As writer, I find him one-dimensional and boring. 

RE. Pynchon and postmodernity: I would have to agree with you, but 
then, I have (like most) my own definition of postmodernity - which 
would classify Pynchon as 'modern' rather than postmodern. I am 
sometimes tempted to go as far as saying "the postmodern does not 
exist", but then I hear the fast-forward squeel of "meme/meme/meme" 
in my ear, and think better of it.

hg
hag at iafrica.com