Coover

[David Morris]

>From: MalignD at aol.com
>fqmorris at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > <<I haven't read any Coover yet, so I searched a bit for descriptions of 
>his work. >>
>
>And:
>
><<There are those who find the works of William Gaddis, William Gass, John 
>Barth, Thomas Pynchon, John Hawkes and others of this group of middle-aged 
>Northern and Midwestern WASPs to be more fun to discuss as theory than to 
>read, and there's no denying that Coover shares their bias for 
>self-conscious technique over content and narrative.">>
>
>Dismissing five writers in three sentences.  You want to trust someone like 
>that, feel free.

Well, no...  I was hoping for a response from you, MalignD, (of course I 
knew this Solon quote to be a journalist's quick jab, but is he completely 
off base?), but I was also hoping your response would be more substantive.  
Like, which of his works you liked best, and maybe why...   And, since this 
is the P-list, how you thought he compared to Pynchon (which was also why I 
included the quote).

> > I'd say read The Public Burning.  It's a lot more fun to read than to 
>discuss.

As opposed to *Ghost Town*?

David Morris






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