Pynchon and History

[Paul Nightingale]

A bit more from Pynchon and History (Shawn Smith, 2005):

An interesting account of P as a historical novelist, influenced by the work
of Hayden White.

Of some relevance, perhaps, to the ongoing discussion of who will/won't make
it into AtD, Smith deals with the 'absence' of Nixon and Reagan from VL, and
then, conversely, the 'presence' of Washington and Franklin in M&D ...