Bloom on Pynchon

[MalignD at aol.com]

<< As you can see, Bloom states that there are four contemporary American 
 authors who are the best, and Pynchon is among them. >>

You have the quote in front of you and then you misquote it.  He says there 
are four who "deserve our praise," a line-up one might quibble with or add to, 
but probably not improve very much.  Being praise worthy can mean many things 
and it's difficult to know just what he meant.  In Pynchon's case, he would 
seem to be praising him for tenacity. It's also the sort of thing I could have 
imagined Bloom saying.  It is not, however "Pynchon is the greatest writer 
writing in the English language," which is what was attributed to him and not at 
all the same thing and not something I could imagine him saying.