Robert Coover R.I.P

[Mark Kohut]

I bet TRP did....

On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 2:32 AM matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> So, way back in the 90's while at university studying literature the
> term "postmodern" had grown to a massive hum intoned by its integrants
> and acolytes. I thought I should sit a course on the subject:
> Postmodern Literature. The young professor informed us on the first
> day that the "old white guys" were over-represented in the genre and
> that she would focus on other authors. So we got "The Female Man" by
> Joanna Russ and "Dictee" by Theresa Kyung Cha. But no old white guys.
> No Pynchon or Barth or Gaddis. But most shockingly, in hindsight, no
> Robert Coover. Now, I say that because I was at Southern Illinois
> University (where Coover had studied), just about an hour away from
> where the mine disaster occurred in 1951 on which Coover based his
> first book. I could add that Washington University was less than 3
> hours away where William Gass was teaching and Gaddis had taught.
>
> Only with time and perspective do we realize how education has failed
> us. Correcting course is not easy.
>
> I wonder if Pynchon has read The Origin of the Brunists. It does seem
> to have some tie-ins with AtD.
>
> ciao
> mc
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