irony WAS RE: is Pynchon a recluse?

Thomas Eckhardt thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Sat Jun 16 18:48:48 CDT 2001


Doug Millison wrote:

> Whatever you think, it's not going to eliminate Pynchon's use of irony in
> his fiction.
>
> Malign
>  I don't
> think of Pynchon as an ironist.

There is a difference between saying someone uses irony and saying that
someone is an ironist, just as there is a difference between... oh well,
forget it.

Thomas






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