RECLAIMING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE FROM THE LIT-BROS

[Tommy Pinecone]

Like Danny, I have a blinding hatred of the book. Not for any of the race
business, but because of how gimmicky and full of cheap thrills it is.

Mark mentioned Pynchon's worldview: from that perspective of reading for
the author's views, Wallace has some interesting things to say; though they
are within sight of anyone who is perceptive in the slightest.

Harold Bloom said it best when he commented that he cannot think and cannot
write, no matter how charming he is, it's just the way it is. Infinite Jest
read next to Hamlet, Anna Karenina, The Recognitions or GR should make it
clear that the mere fact he is mentioned so often, let alone here, is an
absurdity. He may be the best among the like of Eggers and Franzen, but it
doesn't mean he is a good writer in any sense of the word.
On 20 Aug 2015 17:37, "Danny Weltman" <danny.weltman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read it and hated it with a burning passion. It's as if someone read
> Pynchon and said "these books would be better if they were basically only
> about white men, and anyone who isn't white should probably be a racist
> caricature. Oh, and footnotes - that is what Pynchon is missing. Lots of
> footnotes. That'll really kick the postmodernism up a notch."
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Jacob Carey <aristotle114 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I read it, I didn't know that people lied about it. So weird.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have read Infinite Jest. I once mentioned this in passing to my
>>> girlfriend, who instantly accused me of "posturing".
>>>
>>> THIS IS A GAME NOBODY CAN WIN.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY READ INFINITE JEST?
>>>>
>>>> http://lithub.com/reclaiming-david-foster-wallace-from-the-lit-bros/
>>>>
>>>> Why Literary Chauvinists Love David Foster Wallace
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/08/david-foster-wallace-beloved-author-of-bros.html
>>>> -
>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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