IVIV (12): 195-197

[Paul Mackin]

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From: "alice wellintown" <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: IVIV (12): 195-197


> The real problem is not in the articulation of ideas, but in readers
> who are reluctant to accept the reading posed because it runs against
> the grain of the political reading; the reading that points a finger
> at the ruling elite. This has been debated for a decade or more on
> this P-list.

It might seem at times that Pynchon is being treated as a political tract, 
which I can find boring and anti-fiction.

But there are also decidedly non-progress elements in the books that don't 
escape our notice.

The best approach is to enjoy the interaction and tension between the two 
tendencies.

After all as Keith says it's fiction and fiction needs conflict if not 
between  characters then between ideas.

P