Vineland underrated

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 14:05, Terrance wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > Vineland IMLWO is a novel written by a writer with clear left wing/radical
> > sympathies, who has chosen to take some time to tell a tale of hopes,
> > actions and betrayals where the norm is the activity of radicals, lefties
> > and drop-outs, where the betrayal is occasioned by the daughter of a strong
> > labour movement/socialist family tradition taking up with and working for
> > the (capitalist) Establishment. 
> 
> That's nice, Mike. We're all entitled to our opinions about what an
> author's sympathies might clearly be. Now how about you try defending
> those nice opinions with the book. All you've provided here to support
> your claim are notes picked off the internet and out of the P-L
> archives. Very disappointing. 
> 
> More than one  Betrayal in this novel is occasioned by Frenesi. However,
> this book is full of Betrayals and Frenesi has little or nothing to do
> with most them. 
> 
> How about Sasha? Hub?


Isn't Frenesi's choosing risky Eros (with sexy Brock) over a safe and
possibly lucrative future in Independent Film Production the most
plausible example of revolutionary action in the novel.

A blow struck against the Performance Principle.

Recall that Herbert Marcuse was then teaching just a ways down the coast
in San Diego.

P.