Children of the revolution?

[David Morris]

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> lorentzen-nicklaus wrote:
> > 
> > it's not necessary to use harsh words like "ridiculous
> 
> Just about all the 60's "college kids" of the "'new left'" depicted in
> _Vineland_ - even as they were back then in the '60s, let alone what they
> had all become by '84 - do seem pretty ridiculous, however. Pynchon portrays
> them as being short on both integrity and insight (unlike their
> grandparents), big on ego and self-gratification, and with zero in the way
> of working class cred. And, in fact, Pynchon is quite critical of the
> "hippie resurgence" (p.9) in the _SL_ 'Intro' too.

Yes, but I think that is a sort of affectionate self-critcism, not a real
indictment.

David Morris

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