politics and lit again

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

Mark Twain came out against the Spanish-American war, and they turned the boats around and brought them home on his say-so...

(wishful thinking)

Dickens actually did have some influence, didn't he?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: kelber at mindspring.com [mailto:kelber at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 09:05 PM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: politics and lit again
> 
> Not to mention, the American public is too illiterate and uneducated to have heard of these guys.  TRP would have to appear in thong underwear to get any notice whatsoever from the average American.
> 
> Laura
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
> >Sent: Sep 29, 2006 4:38 PM
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: politics and lit again
> >
> >Sorry if posted before
> >
> >
> >"If Philip Roth, Don DeLillo or Thomas Pynchon (the three Americans most 
> >mentioned as Nobel contenders) would publicly accuse President Bush of 
> >certain indiscretions, or even crimes, hardly any of our newspapers would 
> >hand over significant space; the American public has been historically 
> >mistrustful of art’s encroachment on politics — especially now, in a world 
> >in which art has been depoliticized into mere entertainment."
> >
> >http://www.forward.com/articles/schadenfreude-and-suspicion-after-nobel-laureate-r/
> >
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