SPHERE to Eternity

rj rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
Wed Jan 12 18:38:32 CST 2000


dmillison
> Hollander's
[...] articles, too, speak for themselves; I doubt that many, if any
readers
> other than yourself, will find in them what you find, that H claims to have
> a unique grip on the meaning of Pynchon's fiction

doug, you misread me. I have not made this claim.

> you appear to completely
> misunderstand his point about "misdirection" which is a technique he
> clearly attributes to Pynchon, not some fault to he finds in Pynchon's
> readers.

Mr Hollander concludes: "We see how Pynchon's use of irony and
camouflage will mislead readers lacking the trained, or magic, eye." 

> Before you return again to your claim that he, or me, or any other
> Pynchon reader you disagree with may be "hearing voices"

doug, you misread both the substance and tone of my comment.

> you use Pynchon-L to pursue an absurd and baseless vendetta
> against a respected Pynchon scholar.

this is not true.



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