Pynchon's public

[Doug Millison]

"The literary masterpieces of the 20th century were for the most part the
work of novelists who had no large public in mind. The novels of Proust and
Joyce were written in a cultural twilight and were not intended to be read
under the blaze and dazzle of popularity. "
-Saul Bellow in "Hidden Within Technology's Kingdom, a Republic of Letters"
in today's NY Times, on the Web at
http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/101199bellow-writing.html

A thoughtful article about the "hidden" audience for literature within an
end of the century world virtually overwhelmed by technology, TV, movies. I
wonder if we would add Pynchon to Bellow's listing of Proust and Joyce.

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