Cowart: The Luddite Vision (M&D)

[jbor]

Another excellent essay from one of the most insightful of Pynchon's
readers, well worth a look:

'The Luddite Vision: _Mason & Dixon_' by David Cowart. 
_American Literature_ 71.2. Durham: Jun 1999, pp. 341-363.

Abstract

In a number of ways, Thomas Pynchon's novel _Mason & Dixon_ is an expansion
of sentiments previously articulated in Pynchon's 1984 article 'Is It OK To
Be a Luddite?' wherein the author expresses an interest in the struggle
between scientific rationalism and the perennial yearning for mystical
possibility. Cowart examines the Luddite influence on Pynchon's novel.

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