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The Cambridge companion to Thomas Pynchon

edited by Inger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman, Brian McHale

(Cambridge companions)

Cambridge University Press, 2012

  • : hardback
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-186) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The most celebrated American novelist of the past half-century, an indispensable figure of postmodernism worldwide, Thomas Pynchon notoriously challenges his readers. This Companion provides tools for meeting that challenge. Comprehensive, accessible, lively, up-to-date and reliable, it approaches Pynchon's fiction from various angles, calling on the expertise of an international roster of scholars at the cutting edge of Pynchon studies. Part I covers Pynchon's fiction novel-by-novel from the 1960s to the present, including such indisputable classics as The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. Part II zooms out to give a bird's-eye-view of Pynchon's novelistic practice across his entire career. Part III surveys major topics of Pynchon's fiction: history, politics, alterity ('otherness') and science and technology. Designed for students, scholars and fans alike, the Companion begins with a biography of the elusive author and ends with a coda on how to read Pynchon and a bibliography for further reading.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction Inger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman and Brian McHale
  • Biographical note John M. Krafft
  • Part I. Canon: 1. Early Pynchon Luc Herman
  • 2. The Crying of Lot 49 and other California novels Thomas Hill Schaub
  • 3. Gravity's Rainbow Steven Weisenburger
  • 4. Mason and Dixon Kathryn Hume
  • 5. Against the Day Bernard Duyfhuizen
  • Part II. Poetics: 6. Pynchon in literary history David Cowart
  • 7. Pynchon's postmodernism Brian McHale
  • 8. Pynchon's intertexts David Seed
  • Part III. Issues: 9. History Amy J. Elias
  • 10. Politics Jeff Baker
  • 11. Alterity Deborah Madsen
  • 12. Science and technology Inger H. Dalsgaard
  • Coda: how to read Pynchon Hanjo Berressem.

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