pynchon-l-digest V2 #2192

[MalignD at aol.com]

The Millison:

<<I've been consistent in noting ... that Pynchon's work is open to multiple 
interpretations.

And:

<... the most left-leaning, anti-War, progressive among serious American 
writers ...>>

The latter statement (in contradiction to the former) offered as the basis 
for further argument.  What is called begging the question, no?

One might note further that this "progressive" political thinker was all but 
mute for a decade, only to produce an historical novel about the drawing of 
the Mason/Dixon line and observing the transit of Venus two hundred years ago.

But this is lard and blather.  By the evidence of his postings on this list, 
Millison is largely ignorant of most other "serious American writers" and 
thus has little if any basis for comparison. If he had, he would know that TP 
is woefully down the list of engaged political writers, leftist or otherwise.