joyce/pynchon crossover?

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Kyle Grieser writes:
> I'm curious about what kind of crossover exists between Pynchon and
> Joyce fans?  Being new to this camp, I'd like to know if there have
> been previous discussions comparing/contrasting both artists success
> at changing literature (or at least "the novel") as we know it.

There are over 500 mentions of the name `Joyce' in the pynchon list
archives from 1994 to the present. I suspect quite a few of them will
compare and contrast. I also recall that I was involved in at least
one discussion about Joyce, Gaddis and Pynchon so you could also
search for Gaddis. he too is mentioned throughout the archive with
about 400 mentions in total. Start at

    http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~andrew/pynchon-l.html


> I'm reading my first Pynchon at the moment, that being _M&D_, and I'm
> really quite enjoying it, albeit in a completely different ways than
> I did _Ulysses_ or _Finnegans Wake_.  I feel I'll be tackling _GR_ next,
> and I wanted to see if there were any others out there that have read
> and enjoyed both authors.
> 
> peace,
> 
> -yuf
Andrew Dinn
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