pynchon-l-digest V2 #5414

[Jonathon Sturgeon]

Give me a page #, chapter.  In an interview he mentions himself in terms of
being a "like a good Marxist"--his seeming to me to be a Hegelian/Marxist is
based on my own readings of some of his critiques of global capitalism, the
cash nexus, what have you.  In an interview I just found on JSTOR, he seems
to suggest that he has moved away from a strict Hegelian philosophical
perspective.

I actually haven't read _Poor People_--I made a mistake when I said that I
have read everything.  Forgive me!  Is this the book you are referring to?
It would make sense that he would elucidate his own economic views in that
book.  Let me know if you get the chance to look back through it.

I didn't pull my assumption out of thin air.  Have you read YB&RA?  It makes
as much since that Vollmann might change/develop his views as it does for
Pynchon.  I think one error some readers (especially myself) make involves
assuming that an author develops an unchanging philosophical programme in
all of his or her novels.

Maybe he isn't a Marxist.  But it is certain that he isn't a capitalist.  He
does quote Lenin quite often...

On 4/26/07, Francois Monti <francois.monti at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4/25/07, pynchon-l-digest <owner-pynchon-l-digest at waste.org> wrote:
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> > Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:31:28 -0400
> > From: "Jonathon Sturgeon" <caterpillarheart at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Enough Vollmann Bashing!: A Plea
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> > - --Vollmann seems to me to be a sort of Hegelian/Marxist,
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> The man who mentions in his latest book that he is not a marxist by any
> stretch of the imagination?!? Quite frankly, having read most of his work I
> have no clue where you're coming from with your hegelian/marxist
> reference...
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