SLSL politics in the Intro WAS Re: SLSL Intro "The Way of Communication"

[Fergus Ginsberg]

--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  to study the
> > style, the imagery, the
> > pattern of his novels or poems." (Nabokov)
> > 
> 
> 
> Nabokov's is a fine reminder.  At the same time, the
> first session of SLSL takes as its topic the
> Introduction, which is neither novel nor poem.

The Nabokov Lectures are neither novels nor poems. 
Nobokov and Pynchon are novelists but in these
writings they both say they are talking to prospective
reader/writers. The difference is that Pynchon talks
about his own apprentice work. Nobokov talks about the
works of other novelists. Both identify an audience. 
Both state their didactic objective. In doing so
neither identifies a political audience or objective. 

 

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/