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

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 22:44, davemarc wrote:
> 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.

The inability to read.

Just kidding.

P.