pynchon-l-digest V2 #1610

[Dave Monroe]

Paul: among the full length works on Pynchon that I've read, only those of 
Dale Carter (The Final Frontier: The Rise and Fal of the American Rocket 
State), John Dugdale (Thomas Pynchon: Allusive Parables of Power), and, to a 
lesser extent,, David Cowart (Thomas Pynchon: The Art of Allusion),  Dwight 
Eddins (The Gnostic Pynchon), David Seed (The Fictional Labyrinths of Thomas 
Pynchon)and Michael Berube (Marginal Forces/Cultural Centers), come to mind 
as having addressed specifically the political contexts and possible 
political implications of those Pynchonian texts.

The various publications of Charles Hollander, and many of the essays 
collected in that special Pynchon issue of the Oklahoma City Law Review are 
exemplary among the shorter works, but otherwise, it does not even seem to 
have been much of a concern in Pynchon Notes, from a quick scan of essays 
published there.  Then again, I'm still catching up on my Pynchoniana, so 
who knows?  And Jody, yeah, I do realize the paradox of claiming that 
something is obvious in the same, er, "breath" as claiming it has gone 
largely uncommented on (this was no small frustration to Hollander as well, 
apparently), but this list has been a revelation for me on the front of what 
is and isn't obvious, so ...

But, hey, someone post something truly "uncharted" here and I'll be truly 
happy to read it myself.  I've been trying, but ...
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