The Cambridge companion to Thomas Pynchon
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The Cambridge companion to Thomas Pynchon
(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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