Pynchons Problem

[Jed Kelestron]

http://inside.fdu.edu/fdupress/05112101review.html


On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:38 AM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at hotmail.com> wrote:

> There are feminist interpretations of Gravity's?  Huh!  Now I must rreally be missing something.
> 
> Feminist, as in, what is a feminist interpretation of a novel, showing how the characters and viewpoints are enlightened about female equality?  That's it basically?
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> Gravity's Rainbow?  Gosh that's sad.  What's the opposite of feminist?  Misogynist?  That would be closer.  From concept to detail--
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> This will be fun.  What are some like professional essays on the feminism of Gravity's that I might link to?
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> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:14:19 -0700
> From: markekohut at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Pynchons Problem
> To: alicewellintown at gmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> 
> Alice,
> stuff to argue with here but I will choose to say that AtD has P's fullest presenation
> of his ideas about women. And womanhood.
>  
> And, one can't forget The White Goddess.
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> From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:26 AM
> Subject: Re: Pynchons Problem
> 
> In its self-deprecating humorous reflections, the Slow Learner
> Introduction admits that Pynchon was, like most American males (so
> Pynchon sez), an immature jackass and that his characters were
> invested with his chauvinistic attitudes.  While I admire the feminist
> readings of GR, the feminism found there belongs to the critics and
> not the author. The author turns with VL. And his turn is awkward.
> Inherent Vice seems a novel written to appease Pynchon's wife and her
> feminist friends. AGtD, however, is a parody of his earlier turn and
> takes some revenge on his foolish surrender to the feminists.
> 
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