Kathyrn Hume on Late Coover

[bandwraith at aol.com]

de gustibus non est disputandum.

At some point, however, the artist and the work of art must interesect. 
With so many tendrils dangling between his works, I can't help but feel 
that his later works are a comment on, and continuation of, his 
artistic vision, and certainly that is entitled to mature, no? Whether 
anyone likes it or not, is probably less of a concern for an 
established artist, like Pynchon, with an assured following.

If you read ATD really closely, I assert, you can make out a few 
liftings from the p-list, scattered about. I don't care to elaborate, 
but I believe they're there. I would ask:
If you were Pynchon, wouldn't you be curious about what all the 
postings were about? I can't believe he hasn't peeked, and probably 
come away with a mixture of amazement and chagrin. It might help to 
explain some of the bogosity in ATD.

At any rate, whether his later work is lousy or not, I'll leave to you. 
You're much better read than me. But I disagree with your primary 
assertion that he has become sentimental, or less "edgy" or whatever- 
if anything, he has left the traditional image of the family in a 
bloody shambles. The final pages of Vineland comes to mind,
with Prarie alone, amongst the redwoods, in her sleeping bag, 
masturbating, begging the departed Vond to come back and take her away, 
promising to come this time. There are many more examples, but I won't 
waste your time. You are either receptive or you're not. Go with Coover.


-----Original Message-----
From: Rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 3:56 pm
Subject: Re: Kathyrn Hume on Late Coover


As I said I'm criticizing his artistic depiction. Don't care if he's 
grown up.
It remains lousy writing. That's all I care about

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On Sep 9, 2012, at 12:51 PM, bandwraith at aol.com wrote:

> On the other hand, maybe he just grew up?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> To: “pynchon-l at waste.or
> g“ <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 5:05 pm
> Subject: Kathyrn Hume on Late Coover
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> ...
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> anyway, that's how I see it
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> rich
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