Not "novel of ideas" but what was blowing in the Wind

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at gmail.com
Tue Dec 15 09:08:47 CST 2015


I certainly agree there's "some good stuff" here.  The historical approach
is mostly to my liking, probably since I lived through the period and was
already starting  into middle age when GR appeared.
Oh, yeah, the bit about the 'the most popular abandoned literary fictions.'
 That's true.



On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 6:41 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Before, during, and after GR.
>
> The novel of ideas is too confusing to me. I find that most definitions
> are loaded up with negative adjectives and that it does more harm than
> good.
>
> I like the thread that considers how America produced a different fiction
> from Europe.
>
> In this review, some good stuff.
>
> https://www.pynchon.net/articles/10.7766/orbit.v2.2.114/
>
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