JS

[Dave Monroe]

Certainly, the sprawling, encycolpedic and even episodic complexity of
Gravity's Rainbow is Dickensian, esp., er, Bleak Housean (BH being sort of
proto pomo, no?  That constant, labyrinthine deferral ...).  But GR's London
winter scenes, in particular, very reminisecent indeed of the man who
brought you Christmas as we know it ...

Doug Millison wrote:

> I again freely admit that I believe a person can't say enough good
> things about Pynchon's writing. Any faults or flaws or shortcomings
> that might be said to exist in his work pale in comparison to the
> power and genius of his prose.  I don't think the recognition of his
> towering achievement has stopped critics from examining and
> discussing his work in detail, either, and it certainly hasn't
> stopped some critics -- especially of the lightweight magazine and
> newspaper book reviewer tribe -- from trashing his work altogether.
> Pynchon-L, quite naturally I think, is a gathering place for people
> who love Pynchon, so I don't think it's unnatural to find that many
> of us regard his writing quite highly.
>
> Please forgive me for confusing your earlier statements about
> hagiography on the P-list; now that you remind me, I realize that I
> am mistaken in what you earlier called "hagiographic."
>
> On another subject, do I remember correctly that Malign was the one
> to point out  echoes of Dickens in the very early innings of the
> current GRGR?  I know Terrance has talked about this, too. In any
> event, one of the articles (I forget which) in the current Pynchon
> Notes issue observes that the connections between the works of
> Dickens and Pynchon have been little recognized.  I was pleased to
> remember that we had discussed quite a bit about that right here on
> Pynchon-L.
>
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