Pynchon and History - Metahistorical Rhetoric Postmodern Narrative Form in Novels of

Informationen zum Autor Shawn Smith Klappentext First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung First Published in 2005. While many previous books on Pynchon allude to his fictional engagement with historical events and figures, this book explores Pynchon as a historical novelist and, by extension, historical thinker. The book interprets Pynchon's four major novels V., Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon through the prism of historical interpretation and representation. In doing so, it argues that Pynchon's innovative narrative techniques express his philosophy of history and historical representation through the form of his texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Conclusion;

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• Authors: Shawn Smith, Smith Shawn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2009
• EAN: 9780415803373
• ISBN: 978-0-415-80337-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form