Lot 49, Waste, Stearn vs Pynchon,exorcism WTF?

[Robin Landseadel]

On May 5, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> I tend to be skeptical of a certain view I hear that Pynchon feels  
> uniquely aggrieved by the losses of the Pynchons in history.

I don't think that's the reason or purpose of the author's mining of  
family history in his novel. Your reasons for its inclusion in his  
novels seems rational to me. However, I suspect that heresy is another  
important theme on account of Pynchon's family history. I say that  
because there is so much heresy in TRP's novels. And William Slothrop  
sticks out like a stuck pig.