Pynchon and Gaddis

Doug Millison pynchonoid at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 18 10:21:45 CDT 2002


--- Otto <ottosell at yahoo.de> wrote:
> I think it's interesting that the author of the
> article calls Coover,
> DeLillo and Pynchon Gaddis' *pupils*, a strange
> formulation I wouldn't use
> (that's why I posted it).
> 
> I agree to you that it can't be taught.

But even the greatest artists can be considered
students (another word with a similar meaning to
"pupils") of their art, of life, they may be teaching
themselves.  Pynchon calls himself a "slow learner." 
"Learner" is another word with a meaning similar to "pupil."

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