Phillip Grayson

Radical Hope in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

The Moon and Meteor

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Radical Hope in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon provides a careful consideration of the author's career, examining how literature mimics the structure of consciousness, and how the novels of Thomas Pynchon use this to confront readers with the ethical demands of the world and the others within it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9781666911688
• ISBN-10: 1666911682
• Artikelnr.: 64967262

Autorenporträt

By Phillip Grayson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Ocean of Storms (The Sea Ascertained)
Part I: The Moon
Chapter One: Mare Tranquillitatis: The Failure of Idealism in Gravity's
Rainbow
Chapter Two: Mare Moscoviense: The Failure of Reason in Mason & Dixon
Chapter Three: Oceanus Procellarum: The Failure of Cynicism in the Early
Novels
Part II: The Meteor
Chapter Four: Mare Cognitum (Ahnighito): Meteoric Violence in Against the
Day
Chapter Five: Saviksoah: The Meteoric Hiatus in V. and Gravity's Rainbow
Chapter Six: Tunguska: Meteoric Vision
Chapter Seven: Chicxulub: Meteoric Consciousness in The Crying of Lot 49
and Gravity's Rainbow
Chapter Eight: 'Oumuamua: Meteoric Grace in Bleeding Edge
Bibliography
About the Author