VL-IV morally equivical, duplicitous types

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Real men are hideous, but women make so much
more interesting villains, maybe because men are
stereotypically such saps? Or, male authors find
them irresistible?

Understanding Frenesi is certainly a challenge. I'm
not even sure she's a villain. Might take a cue from
Pugnax, and check out the Princess Casamassima as
an early influence.

She's online at:

http://www.henryjames.org.uk/pcasa/home.htm

Reminds me somewhat of Frenesi



Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:19:55 -0500 (EST)
From: kelber@[omitted]
To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
Subject: Re: VL-IV morally equivical, duplicitous types


It's hard not to think of all the real-life men who turned
on former friends/fellow-travelers and suffered little for
it: George Orwell, Elia Kazan among them.