Varsava

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prozak at anus.com wrote:
> 
> > In his TP and Postmodern Liberalism, Varsava argues that "Pynchon's work
> > embrace[es] a determinate political stance [and] political philosophy.
> > In particular, he contends that "Pynchon's two domestic novels [CL49,
> > VL] provide a powerful, if often diffuse and direct, defense of American
> > political liberalism." The liberalism that Vasarva has in mind here is,
> > not "a retro-liberalism determined by the social and political
> > exigencies of 1776 or the 1930s, but a "postmodern" version shaped by
> > both liberal traditions and those cultural circumstances and impetuses
> > peculiar to the late twentieth century. Certainly, irony, self-doubt,
> > and even self-deprecation figure more prominently in Pynchon's
> > liberalism than in classical manifestations" (64).
> 
> Sounds like someone trying to hijack Pynchon's work into an overly
> simplistic worldview ;)

Not at all. It's actually a damned good book and I bet Otto, Doug, at
least, Max, would definitely dig it.