Masters of American Lit (except Pynchon)

[David Morris]

Knowing nothing about this Mark Lawson, I'd only say that Pynchon
might not really be in the category of "post-WWII American literary
giants."  I would think the term would apply to authors coming to
prominence in the close-term aftermath of that event, and thus their
identities having been intimately formed by that event.  I would think
that any post-modern author would not be in their ranks.  Maybe
Vietnam era (and post) American literary giants would be more
accurate.

David Morris

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com> wrote:
> Mark Lawson, son of climate-change denier (and former Conservative Chancellor) Nigel Lawson, pretty much has the run of The Guardian - it's his own print version of a blog. Here he is last Saturday, previewing a long radio series he's been working on, about the post-WWII American literary giants. Pynchon is mentioned only as an aside, referenced in relation to Salinger's reclusiveness:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/06/american-literature-great-novelists