Reading and discussing Pynchon's texts

[jbor]

on 6/6/03 9:02 AM, Vincent A. Maeder wrote:

> Again, with all due respect, I'm not looking for a political or philosophical
> interpretation of the text, but rather an analysis of what devices conjured
> through the artistic process brought about the emotional and psychological
> impact upon that reader.  Pynchon does very little of this in the foreward.

Pynchon "does very little" of what in the Foreword?

He constantly offers his interpretations of what the text "means" (eg. "the
Winston-Julia story", Orwell's Appendix), discusses what readers at various
times wrongly thought it meant, addresses "Orwell's intention" throughout
the essay, and he focuses on the text from an overtly political perspective.

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