SLSL Intro "Chicago School"

[barbara100 at jps.net]

Nothing you said there I could argue with.

Cheers


----- Original Message -----
From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: SLSL Intro "Chicago School"


> on 10/11/02 10:47 AM, barbara100 at jps.net at barbara100 at jps.net wrote:
>
> > I might agree with you but for the "way of communication between the
groups"
> > statement.
>
> I read it that he's saying that there were class barriers "in the way of"
> (i.e. obstructing) communication between the two groups. A great many of
the
> student radicals were from wealthy middle-class and upper-class families
(as
> Pynchon was). The other criticism he makes (bottom of p.9) has to do with
> the ageism which was implicit in the Beat and hippie movements, which also
> excluded and alienated many of the "blue-collar" left.
>
> best
>