Pynchon's "muse" (was ...

[davemarc]

From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>
> I think there is enough in the detail and form of Pynchon's texts to
> consider them as "versions of history" which are offered to the reader, if
> not indeed incorporating meditations on historiography within their scope.
>
The essays, including the liner notes, might stand description as "versions
of history."

But perhaps the published short stories and longer works would be better
considered not as "versions of history" but as "versions of fiction" that
incorporate historical research and musings on historiography within a
surreal context.

d.