re SLSL Intro "'Seriousness' in Fiction"

[pynchonoid]

>American literature likes to
>pretend, of course, that its bugaboos are all finally
>jokes....  


...some people who talk about serious American
literature might pretend that, too.


Thanks for posting the Fiedler excerpts, Dave. If the
SL stories are as weak as Pynchon claims, perhaps
better to apply F's insights to Pynchon's later works.
Or, maybe a reader can see the avoidance of sex that F
mentions beginning even in these early stories, and
continuing on through all of P's work.

-Doug



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