Subject: RE: Franny and Dixon
From: Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@virtual.park.uga.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 16 1997 - 00:54:38 GMT
> Pynchon is no more of a "riddler" than James Joyce or Ken Kesey. I think a
> more apropos term would be "trickster" I.E. one who employs paradox to
I don't know. I hesitated and thought for a moment before I chose the
word "riddler." I don't think it fits exactly, but if you want to call
Salinger a storyteller, I think "riddler" is the perfect counterpart term
for Pynchon. Pynchon *isn't* any more of a riddler than Joyce, but it is
exactly Joyce who comes to mind when I think of riddles in
twentieth-century fiction. Somebody mentioned Pynchon's learning--I
agree, and again, think of Joyce (see the Ithica episode for the Joycean
equivalent of Benzene rings).
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