SLSL Racial Differences
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 12 16:09:25 CST 2002
--- calbert at hslboxmaster.com wrote:
> D
> > 1. Pynchon is a poor essayist.
> > 2. Pynchon is being purposefully misleading/glib/whatever...
> > 3. We're all dumb-as-dirt.
>
> Do you allow for any grey area of overlap twixt 2 & 3?
When he criticizes his own writing, condemning as bad practice exactly what
he's known best for, I say it's being glib. When he's trying to make a
political point, but is nearly impossible to follow, I say it's sloppy writing.
So I'd say it's more an overlap between 1 & 2, not 3.
David Morris
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