Pynchon lit.

[Keith Davis]

I did read the chapter on Pynchon in Tanner's "The American Mystery", and
thought it was very good. I agreed with his chapter on DeLillo's
"Underground", also. Didn't realize he had a book about Mr. P. I will look
up Hagg.

Thanks.

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tanner got him early and largely right, imho....seeds of this book in
> reviews and early articles on TRP
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>   *From:* Scott Macleod <swmacleod at gmail.com>
> *To:* Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> *Cc:* "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:54 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Pynchon lit.
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>  Tony Tanner, Thomas Pynchon (London & New York: Methuen, 1982).
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> Despite only having the opportunity to examine half of P's legendary
> oeuvre - Tanner still offers the most readable and insightful critical
> study in my opinion.
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> On 22/07/2012, at 1:14 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
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>   On 7/21/2012 10:15 AM, Keith Davis wrote:
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> Mr. Cowart's books look interesting. Is that a good place to start as far
> as studies of Mr. P's
> work? Any other suggestions? (Excuse me while I duck behind this
> barricade....!!)
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> For sources and general orientation to GR, especially pop culture
> references, there is Weisenburger's GR Companion. But otherwise, if I were
> to study P's work (which I haven't  done in other than the most happazard
> and fragmentary way),  I'd want to approach him from the narratology angle.
> The way he tells the story. His style, e.g., the way he uses voices and
> points of view, is what makes  Pynchon Pynchon. For me anyway.  I don't
> know who's the best author, but if you want to read something free on the
> Internet, you might google samuli hagg. His study is academic, but he
> writes well, a Finn who sounds like a native English speaker. Maybe he is
> one.
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