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The essays in this collection are at the forefront of Pynchon studies, representing distinctively twenty-first century approaches to his work.
List of contents
Introduction: Pynchon studies in the twenty-first century Joanna Freer; 1. Pynchon and post-postmodernism Sascha Pöhlmann; Part I. Theory: 2. Pynchon after paranoia Ali Chetwynd; 3. Pynchon and new materialism Martin Paul Eve; 4. Pynchon's posthuman temporalities Pieter Vermeulen; 5. Pynchon, gender, and relational ethics Joanna Freer; Part II. Politics: 6. 'You are here': the postrace aesthetics of Pynchon's Against the Day Sue J. Kim; 7. Another apocalypse: digital ecologies and late Pynchon Christopher K. Coffman; 8. Pynchon and new political activisms Michael O'Bryan; 9. Threat and crisis in twenty-first century Pynchon Hanjo Berressem; 10. Digital readings Katie Muth; Part III. Analysis: 11. Reading Pynchon in and on the digital age Luc Herman; 12. Pynchon on film Ralph Clare; 13. Pynchon's twenty-first century paratexts Tore Rye Andersen; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Joanna Freer is Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Exeter. Her research approaches the work of Thomas Pynchon from a variety of political angles. Her recent publications include an essay collection co-edited with Ali Chetwynd and Georgios Maragos, Thomas Pynchon, Sex, and Gender (2018), an article entitled 'Decolonizing America: Native Americans in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon' (2018), and the monograph Thomas Pynchon and American Counterculture (Cambridge, 2014). A special issue of Textual Practice, co-edited with Doug Haynes and addressing Pynchon's engagement with economics, is forthcoming.
Summary
This book is aimed at both established scholars and graduate students. Informed by twenty-first-century theoretical, political, and analytical developments, it provides established scholars with a useful overview of new directions in Pynchon scholarship. For students, it brings together essays that cover a broad range of topics and new approaches.
