Children of the revolution?

[jbor]

>>> 
>>> 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.

on 18/6/03 10:28 PM, David Morris wrote:

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

I'm not so sure. The criticisms in the _SL_ 'Intro' are very mild compared
to the satire in _Vineland_, I agree, and the characterisation of Zoyd is
affectionate, though he's more or less apolitical and always was. But
Frenesi?

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