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

[ish mailian]

What was blowing in the winds where and when P was composing and for the
people, some of them the readers he was writing for and about?



Important.


On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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