in Which V. is mentioned. as original.

[malignd at aol.com]

Of course GR grows from V:  it's the same author, in pursuit of what he's in pursuit of.  But I don't think the difference is a sort of extension; I think it's a huge leap. 



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From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 10:01 am
Subject: Re: in Which V. is mentioned. as original.



all i would claim is that GR belongs to the creative thrust that began with V. and ended with M&D. there are some bits in AtD worthy but the rest imho is fairly disposable


rich



On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

but no matter what one thinks of some of the later books,
Gravity's Rainbow HAS TO BE SEEN as, among much newness,
V. perfected, no?

Gravity's Rainbow is V. squared.

and, didn't Pynchon avoid Parks' basic criticism by writing
SO MANY DIFFERENT new books....

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:34 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> w/r/t to Pynchon I think there's some merit to that criticism
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> self-derivative, repetitive,
>> in some way inferior to the first bursts of the writer's vision.
>>
>




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