Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon

Informationen zum Autor Dr Inger H. Dalsgaard is Associate Professor of American Studies! Department of English! University of Aarhus! Denmark. Luc Herman is Professor of American Literature and Narrative Theory at the University of Antwerp. Brian McHale is Distinguished Arts and Humanities Professor of English at Ohio State University. Klappentext This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. "Anyone interested in classic postmodern theory and and how it still defines the way innovative US fiction is read should read this book. --Ali Chetwynd, University of Michigan Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: Inger H Dalsgaard, Inger H. Dalsgaard, Inger H. (Aarhus Universitet Dalsgaard, Inger H. Herman Dalsgaard
• Assisted by: Inger H. Dalsgaard (Editor), Inger H. (Aarhus Universitet Dalsgaard (Editor), Luc Herman (Editor), Luc (Universiteit Antwerpen Herman (Editor), Brian McHale (Editor), Brian (Ohio State University) Mchale (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9780521173049
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17304-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies