A Historical Novel of a New Sort

[Dave Monroe]

I'm not sure who she's refrring to, either.  Okay,
would have loved to post some notes today, but I ad to
have people yell at me all day instead.  But being
published instate, PN gets here early, I guess ...

--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Again from Inger H. Dalsgaard, "Gravity's Rainbow: A
> Historical Novel of a New Sort," Pynchon Notes 50-51
> (Spring-Fall 2002), pp. 34-50 ...
> 
> [...]  Critical readers suggest that Pynchon
> neglects his duty to depict the Holocaust and the
> horror of modern combat as undeniable truths of
> the Second World War, [...] 
> 
> This criticism of GR continues to mystify me. The
> novel is full of allusions and direct references to
> the Holocaust, SS, Nazis, many of which have been
> identified and discussed in this forum; one of the
> most powerful passages of the novel is Pokler among
> the dead and dying of the Dora camp, pp. 432-433,
> where the suffering of these Holocaust victims is
> tied directly to production of the rocket.  More
> generally, the pain and suffering of the War's
> victims are to befound throughout the novel as well.

> 
> Thanks for posting this, Dave.  I haven't received
> my copy of PN yet and am looking forward to it.


	
		
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