Pynchon's anti-Americanism

[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 00:08, Otto wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Pynchon's anti-Americanism
> 
> 
> >
> > Was merely commenting on how Pynchon's ill use by both the Looney Left
> > and the Looney Right was being illustrated by the single quote provided
> > by Otto.
> >
> 
> This only works if you buy Mary Grabar's description of the class and the
> novel -- which I don't.

I buy the possibility that popular professors might use P novels to
bolster  exaggerated criticism of U.S. in WW II and that disagreeing
students (such as Mary) might hold Pynchon responsible for having
fostered the exaggerations.  

Thus P is the victim of sophmoric interpetation from both directions. 


>  She's not only critisizing Marxist professors
> promoting such dangerous, anti-American ideas as child-pornography, but
> Pynchon too who wrote those various examples of molestation in his novel.
> Obviously she hasn't understood neither the novel nor the discussion in the
> class.
> 
> War *is* pornography.
> 
> Otto
>