Pynchon as Myth

[rich]

luc herman is writing something of interest you may find
useful--here's a link to a paper he is writing and presenting

http://www.rpe.ugent.be/Herman.html

rich


On 4/27/05, Glenn Scheper <glenn_scheper at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I am currently working on an essay that explores Thomas
> > Pynchon as being the antithesis of Barthes's "Death of the
> > Author," that Pynchon's absence as a "recluse"
> > actually gives him mythical status and cannot help but
> > influence how his work is interpreted.
> 
> I kinda thought his mythical status arose because Pynchon
> discovered that central figure, which he only elaborated,
> and never divulged. I recognize he became the taboo totem,
> unapproachable by all without reflexive body hermeneutics.
> 
> Yours truly,
> Glenn Scheper
> http://home.earthlink.net/~glenn_scheper/
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