IV: "Pynchon's overarching theme is clear" Is it?

[Stephen Musgrave]

"But it must be getting hard for him to hold onto his pessimism. It's one thing to believe there's no hope and another, when you've spent your life doing what you love and you've conquered the world, to feel it on your skin"

 

there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in Mr Seligman's philosophy.....................
 
> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:01:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: IV: "Pynchon's overarching theme is clear" Is it?
> From: igrlivingston at gmail.com
> To: dougmillison at comcast.net
> CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
> 
> Sounds like another uninformed and hasty reader.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Doug Millison<dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:
> > "Pynchon's overarching theme is clear, though, and it has remained
> > consistent: the obscene injustice of a world that is separated into haves
> > and have-nots. His world view, like his goofy-to-the-point-of-puerile humor,
> > is very much a product of the '60s, an era he pays tribute to with his
> > favorite emotion, regret."
> >
> > ...from:
> >
> > Pynchon's psyche-out
> > Popular author pares back the erudition for neo-noir 'Inherent Vice'
> > By CRAIG SELIGMAN Bloomberg News
> > Published: 8/9/2009  2:27 AM
> > Last Modified: 8/9/2009  4:14 AM
> > http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=67&articleid=20090809_67_G4_Myster916091
> >
> 

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