The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon

Herausgeber: Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Mchale, Brian; Herman, Luc

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Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date, this book approaches the challenging fiction of the American postmodern master Thomas Pynchon from many different angles. Designed for students, scholars and fans alike, it covers the elusive author's biography and all seven of his novels, surveying topics such as history, politics and science and technology.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780521173049
• ISBN-10: 0521173043
• Artikelnr.: 34440831

Inhaltsangabe

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.