Pynchon in Public Podcast
Twenty-One: Just Read It
The Courier's Tragedy is a Pynchon-invented play within the novel modeled on the revenge tragedies of seventeenth century England. It's wildly violent and hugely entertaining...but what's the point? How might it work within the novel? And what of Oepida's encounter with the play's director? We might just have some answers for you; then again, we might just have more questions.