McHoul and Wills criticism

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Djuna35 at aol.com writes:
> I'm doing some background reading, prepping to teach 'Lot49' again, and I
> decided to delve into the  Alec McHoul and David Wills book, 'Writing
> Pynchon: Strategies in Fictional Analysis' (1990).  I'm up on the usual
> suspects-- Tanner, Kermode, etc.-- from having worked with the novel a decade
> ago, so I wanted to tackle something more recent.
> But I'm not sure what I think of this deconstruction of 'Lot49': does anyone
> out there have an opinion about their take on TRP?

I have not read this book but I have heard reports to the effect that
it is often far-fetched. I do recommend that you take a(nother?) look
at `New Essays on Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49'. It contains some
superb essays.


Andrew Dinn
-----------
And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.