Re. Warped and Distilled? (fwd)

[Derek Barker]

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:50:04 -0500
From: Don Corathers <crawdad at one.net>
To: 'p-list' <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: RE: Re. Warped and Distilled?

> So the whole thing becomes Oedipa(L). Intergenerational battle to the
> death--which fits the sixties all right


> Then there's John Barth's take on this question--in Letters, I think,
but all that post-Sotweed Barth runs together for me--that history is the
consequence of each generation's rejection of its parents' values.

No need to get lit-critty on us...Aristotle makes
the same argument, probably a lot better than Barth,
and certainly a hell of a lot earlier.  So come on,
give credit where it's due -- it's all about political
theory.  Check out the final chapter of Euben's
"Tragedy of Political Theory," which puts Lot 49
squarely in the Greek traditions of tragedy and
political theory.

I'm new to this list, forgive me if Euben is old hat
for you guys,

D.B.

PS This may also be old hat, but anyone have any solid
info on whether Pynchon is Wanda Tinasky?  I just got
that Letters of Wanda Tinasky and I'm not totally convinced
one way or the other.