<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishPanning Mason Dixon, New Republics James Wood atangaza Thomas Pynchons penchant kwa allegory uchovu na cleverness yake alidaiwa kuwa overwrought na heavy-handed.  <response>: Panning Mason Dixon, the New Republic s James Wood declares Thomas Pynchons penchant for allegory tiresome and his alleged cleverness to be overwrought and heavy-handed. 