paranoia: 12 kinds in P's fiction

[David Morris]

>From: MalignD at aol.com
>
>I have not read Hollander, don't see why I should, necessarily, but might.
>
>As to P's paranoia--
>
>I think it is fair to say that Pynchon uses in his fiction a paranoid point 
>of view.  That is, he envisions something behind or above what might 
>otherwise be considered the ordinary, some control where one would 
>typically not expect it.

I think the religious/philosophical aspect of Pynchon' paranoid point of 
view (PPOV) is central to why this quest-mode makes for "good fiction," 
beyond the entertainment factor.  Pynchon flirts with central questions.  
Isn't this difference what distinguishes the great from the good?

As to Hollander's characterization of previous critic's understanding of 
PPOV, who know,

David Morris

David Morris


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