Bloom on Pynchon

[MalignD at aol.com]

<< In other words Pynchon's claim for  canonization is that he produced a 
work good enough for West to build upon and bring to fruition--forget the fact 
that Lot 49 came 30 years later. >>

You may be right, but I didn't take that as his meaning.  Rather, that COL 49 
was ahead of its time -- reminiscent of Lonleyhearts but too original to be 
seen as influenced by it; so good, in fact, that influence would seem to flow 
the other way, were that possible.

Not that I agree, necessarily ...