irony WAS RE: is Pynchon a recluse?

[MalignD at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/1 8:27:20 PM, you wrote:

<<dramatic irony in literature, a plot device in which the audience's or 
reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters. 
The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning 
for the audience or reader than they have for the play's characters. This may 
happen when, for example, a character reacts in an inappropriate or foolish 
way or

when a character lacks self-awareness and thus acts under false assumptions.>>

I own a dictionary, dipshit.  And I know what dramatic irony is.  I don't 
think of Pynchon as an ironist.