Crownshaw's PN article

[Dave Monroe]

And there are those who would with a pathological virulence misread--if bother
really to read at all--not to mention attack, either on of offlist, thsoe who would
offer perfclty tenable readings (can't speak for Crownshaw, haven't read him) ...
this the kind of behavior they encourage in literary circles these days?  Well, no
... but is anybody here tiring, tired of this sort of harrassment?  I'd call it
bullying, but that would imply a certain amount of muscle behind the attempt ... but
God forbid we'd leave discussing literature and/or history to say, novelists,
history and literary critics ...

jbor wrote:

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> >From: muchasmasgracias at cs.com
> >To: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
> >Subject: Re: Crownshaw's PN article
> >Date: Thu, Aug 10, 2000, 9:15 AM
> >
>
> >
> > "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >> >mmg:
> >> >
> >> >> monroe:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I don't see Pynchon, or anyone here, for that matter, as in any way
> >> >> exploiting,
> >> >> > much less making light of, the Holocaust.
> >> >>
> >> >> Pynchon's character --  "Oily Micro" -- is definitely making a tidy profit
> >> >> from it on p. 296. He seems to be doing both the things mentioned.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sarcasm?  Where are you going here?
> >>
> >> No, reiteration. I was examining the scene in the novel which the cited
> >> excerpt from Crownshaw's article addresses (295-296).
> >
> > Yeah, but I think what Monroe meant by "Pynchon or anyone here" was anyone
> > on the list, not one of the characters in the book.
>
> Which was a misreading, or selective reading at least, of my post, right? So
> I was just reiterating what was its more salient point.
>
> Quite probably, as Paul mentioned, Crownshaw isn't riding the Holocaust pony
> in a cheap way at all, but I'd also agree strongly that the readings he
> offers aren't really tenable either, and even Crownshaw appears to admit the
> problematic nature of the interpretations he is offering within the article
> itself, as Paul succinctly summarised it.
>
> And, of course, there *are* those who would and do ride that particular pony
> in the ways I've mentioned -- novelists, historians, lit critters,
> discussion list trolls -- who have been doing so hereabouts in the past week
> or so, and quite vehemently too. Imo.