Profs Analyze, Praise Cornell Writers

[Henry Musikar]

Profs Analyze, Praise Cornell Writers
http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2009/03/05/profs-analyze-praise-c
ornell-writers 

"The second panelist, Hite, spoke about Thomas Pynchon '58.

Pynchon originally came to Cornell to study engineering physics; he left
after two years to serve in the Navy, and changed his major to English when
he returned to Cornell in 1955, according to Hite.

Hite began by discussing Pynchon's mysterious and complex writing style,
quoting a classic 'Pynchon moment' from Pynchon's well-read novel The Crying
of Lot 49: 'A sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that
nobody out on it had seen, because the slope faced west.'

According to Hite, Pynchon's life is just as mysterious as his writing
style. Pynchon avoided fame and public appearances -- the most recent
accredited photo of him is one taken while he served in the navy -- even
when he endorsed Marge Simpson's novel in an episode of The Simpsons as a
cartoon version of himself, his face was covered with a paper bag.

'First generation Pynchon scholars still call each other at night and read
passages, sometimes backwards, to see if they mean anything,' Hite said."


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