engl 291: The American Novel Since 1945, Lecture 12 - Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

[Henry M]

FWIW, it may not have gone unoticed that I was reacting to David's
"Prof. Hungerford seems an  insightful GUY," emphasis mine.

On 2/16/12, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:
> E-eeh-xcuse me, haven't taken m' Pills yet yasee...good stuff thanks for
> sharing
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I say, Reginald, have all former notions of Decency been thrown clear out
>> the Window? Those saucy Suffragette's were bad enough... a Professor
>> baring
>> her Bosom to a class of over-excitable Underclassmen, once the job of the
>> College Widow, now a required for any sort of Tenure, wotwot
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> She's not bad looking, either!
>>>
>>> BTW, closed captioning is available!
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> AsB4,
>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> Henry Mu
>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>>
>>> On 2/16/12, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Prof. Hungerford seems an  insightful guy.
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-291/lecture-12
>>> >>
>>> >> Professor Hungerford introduces this lecture by reviewing the ways
>>> >> that authors on the syllabus up to this point have dealt with the
>>> >> relationship between language and life, that collection of elusive or
>>> >> obvious things that for literary critics fall under the category of
>>> >> "the Real." The Real can shout out from a work of art, as it sometimes
>>> >> does in Black Boy, or haunt it, as in Lolita. It can elude authors
>>> >> like Kerouac and Barth for widely different reasons. Placing Pynchon
>>> >> firmly in the context of the political upheaval of the 1960s that he
>>> >> is often seen to avoid, Hungerford argues that Pynchon--no less than a
>>> >> writer of faith like Flannery O'Connor--is deeply invested in
>>> >> questions of meaning and emotional response, so that The Crying of Lot
>>> >> 49 is a sincere call for connection, and a lament for loss, as much as
>>> >> it is an ironic, playful puzzle.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >>
>>> >> AsB4,
>>> >> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> >> Henry Mu
>>> >> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>


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AsB4,
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Henry Mu
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