Thoreen: Vineland and 'Rip van Winkle'

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Well worth reading:

'Thomas Pynchon's political parable: Parallels between _Vineland_ and "Rip
Van Winkle"' by David Thoreen. _ANQ_ 14.3 Lexington: Summer 2001, pp. 45-50.

Abstract 
Thoreen compares Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland" with the fairy tale "Rip Van
Winkle." "Vineland" represents Pynchon's wake-up call to the American voter,
who, like Rip Van Winkle and Pynchon's own protagonist, has been asleep for
twenty years.

Pdf available -- contact me offlist. Season's greetings.

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