Pynchon lit.

[Keith Davis]

Anyone familiar with Levine's "Mindful Pleasures", essays on Mr. P?


On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I just managed to buy Cowart's first book on P used on Amazinga, and
> was able to download the Hagg article, also. Now all I need is time!
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>  Tony Tanner, Thomas Pynchon (London & New York: Methuen, 1982).
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> S
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 22/07/2012, at 1:14 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>   On 7/21/2012 10:15 AM, Keith Davis wrote:
>>>
>>> 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....!!)
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> P
>>>
>>>
>>> kd
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