VLVL (13) - Cesare Lombroso

Thomas Eckhardt thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Tue Mar 10 16:16:12 CDT 2009


Animal attraction is or can be one element of what we consider to be 
love. As is or can be attraction to power (outwardly signified by e.g. 
the uniform, the gun), which is what Pynchon clearly is getting at in 
"Vineland". Makes perfect sense to me.

Thomas

David Morris schrieb:
> I see discussion of VL like this as proof of the book's failure as
> viable fiction:  desperate attempts to imbue the characters with
> understandable motives where none are apparent in the text.
>
> No need to respond.  I'm voiced this criticism of VL before.  Carry
> on, and I'll continue to try avoiding VLVL posts.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Richard Ryan <richardryannyc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> Vond is both repugnant and charismatic.  He *has* to be charismatic if we're going to understand Frenesi's love for him (assuming "love" and not mere animal attraction is the right way to describe her feelings....)
>>     




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