Misc. on Pynchon: Romancing the novel----goes out to Alice

[Mark Kohut]

James sez it is when the writer communicates an "air of truth' so strong, one does not notice the ropelines
are no longer attached to the earth........
 
TRP HAS to be alluding to this preface when he cuts the Chums loose, right?    

From: Richard Ryan <therichardryan at gmail.com>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Misc. on Pynchon: Romancing the novel----goes out to Alice


I've heard James's fine formula applied to The Scarlet Letter (think of the moment when the A appears in the sky) as an exemplary novel that subtly and successfully crosses from realism to romance.  It's certainly a movement that occurs in all the Pynchon that I've read.
On Jul 10, 2011 6:53 PM, "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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