pynchon-l-digest V2 #1844

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

"Swing Hammerswing" <hammerswingswing at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> >Doug partly answers that himself later on, but I would like to add a few 
> >thoughts:
> >To write history is to take sides.
> 
> Is to write fiction not to take sides?

No. That's why I never made that distinction. The problem, however, remains that a historian's view is, unfortunately, considered by many people to be "valid" and "objective".

>  Pynchon is, almost beyond criticism, but I remain convinced,
>  that the best stuff written about his fictions, do not
>  take on the other critics, get caught up in the culture wars, the
>  theoretical manifestos is the schools, but go right to
>  the heart of the matter--you know what it is.

I believe you are, once more, correct and to the point.

Cyrus
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