Suggestions

[Dave Monroe]

Not sure what's more intimidating, reading Pynchon or
reading Pynchoniana, but these anthologies contain
some of the better essays, articles, reviews, what
have you ...

Bloom, Harold, ed.  Thomas Pynchon.
   New York: Chelsea House, 1986.

__________, ed.  Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's
   Rainbow."  New York: Chelsea House, 1986.

Clerc, Charles, ed.  Approaches to "Gravity's
   Rainbow."  Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1983.

Levine, George and David Leverenz, eds.
   Mindful Pleasures: Essays on Thomas Pynchon.
   Boston: Little, Brown, 1976.

Mendelson, Edward, ed.  Pynchon: A Collection
   of Critical Essays.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
   Prentice Hall, 1978. 

Pearce, Richard, ed.  Critical Essays on Thomas
   Pynchon.  Boston: G.K. Hall, 1981.

I don't think that any of these are still in print,
but they are generally to be found in yr better
University and/or Public Libraries.  But I'm lately
much enamored of this vintage Richard Locke NY Times
review of Gravity's Rainbow that keeps coming up here.
 Not entirely favorable, but he does identify some
important elements, issues ...

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-rainbow.html

Let me know ...

--- Danielle Thill <dthill at charter.net> wrote:
> I just got my friend into reading Pynchon and it's
> great because she's so excited and always wants to
> talk.  She asked me for some books or articles about
> his writing, so I handed her  The Style of
> Connectedness  by Thomas Moore but after she read it
> 
> she said it was a bit too much for her.  Can anyone
> suggest something mellower for her to get her feet
> wet?  I'd appreciate it.
> 
> -Danielle
> 


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