AtD and 9/11

[pynchonoid]

--- Keith McMullen <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
[...]
> A review of what is
> going on outside this  
> list in reading Pynchon, (e.g., the Pynchon Notes),
> is a hell of a  
> lot more entertaining. 


Not a meaningful comparison.  A journal full of essays
representing thoughtful scholarly work is always going
to be more substantial than the more casual fare of a
more or less spontaneous email discussion.  Both/and.



Viewing his work as a
> commentary on current  
> events limits the readings considerably. Of course
> it's not that they  
> have no relevance, it's that focusing on that aspect
> makes the  
> readings trivial. I'm suggesting he's exaggerating a
> point to open up  
> the readership to a broader understanding. I don't
> worship the guy,  
> but I do think he's a fucking genius. Getting into
> the inner workings  
> of M&D blew my mind, and I'm not that crazy about
> the novel. If I had  
> done so with the "current vents" view, I'd have
> missed some amazing  
> stuff. And I do believe he's left wing. It seems
> obvious. But his  
> fiction is so full of stuff beyond the political and
> the current  
> events it's mind-boggling. Again. Show me one post
> to this list from  
> the "current events" perspective that offers
> anything anyone with  
> half a brain doesn't think already. If that's all
> Pynchon has to  
> offer, who gives a shit. Most of us here already
> think those things  
> without reading a goddamned novel to feel all
> validated.
> 
> On Aug 16, 2006, at 9:56 PM, jd wrote:
> 
> So, the whole blurb is pretty humorous / tongue in
> cheek and this one
> example isn't?
> 
> 


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