Pynchon's politics, as exhibited in Vineland

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 27 08:42:00 CDT 2006


It follows up on the failures and/or cooptation of
resistance (by the Left, among others) to the
insinuation of Power (held by the Right, among others)
into every aspect of human (and then some) life as
already seen in GR, COL49, and V. (as well as ...) ...

--- Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is more a characterization of dynamics, many
> motives and forces interacting over a span of time.
> Although no one would say Brock Vond was dealt with
> sympathetically (and maybe thatÂ’s a VL failing),
> neither are any other characters without their own 
> failings, all of which have consequences.

Here, however ...

> That said, VL, for me, was a flop barely worth
> reading, except for the insights it gives to some
> of the themes in GR (the Street, Pure action
)

I was disappointed at the time, but felt better about
it rereading it here.  See above ...

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