Manson Cult; was Golden Fang

[Joseph Tracy]

Your proposed persona of College lit professor is undermined by  
several things, not least of which is your inability to correctly  
parse the word roots and spelling of the word which you write as  
"underminded". This form would not even pass a spell check, and shows  
a basic ineptness with language.

The use of the word protest is also awkward and unsophisticated.  A  
"Protest" novel . What is this, the sixties or seventies?
On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:26 AM, alice wellintown wrote:

On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:26 AM, alice wellintown wrote:

> Just re-read Fast Learner,  Texas Studies in Literature and Language
> 49.1 (2007) 1-20
> The Typescript of Pynchon's V. at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin
> Luc Herman  John M. Krafft.
>
> Just to confirm that my readings are as dumb and as brazen as you all
> claim; note that I was the only reader here who read Sphere as a
> negative character, treated with ironic and satiric langauge,
> subjected to harsh critique. And, this reading was advanced long
> before the letters were available. Moreover, the claims of  "Protest"
> novel are underminded by Pynchon's correspondances.
>
> Contrast Native Son with IV.
>
> Pynchon didn't want some James Baldwin up his ass.