Pynchon-l Rhetoric (was Re: Not for nothing but....)

[davemarc]

From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
> 
> You know, this discussion would not probably never get bogged down like
> this if the contexts was DeLillo or Gaddis. What is it about Pynchon or
> the Pynchon Critical Industry that gets people into such absurd dead end
> End Zones? 
>
The too-quick use of abusive language.  
The refusal to apologize.  
The tendency to argue or polemicize rather than discuss.  
The abuse of multiple identities.  
The reluctance to "let go" of grievances.

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