Thomas Pynchon - None

A comprehensive study of the most influential figure in postwar American literature, Thomas Pynchon

Sommario

Introduction: 'the fork in the road'
1. Refuge and refuse in Slow Learner
2. Convoluted reading: identity, interpretation and reference in The Crying of Lot 49
3. Disappearing points: V.
4. 'A progressive knotting into': power, presentation and history in Gravity's Rainbow
5. Cultural nostalgia and political possibility in Vineland
6. Mason & Dixon and the transnational vortices of historical fiction
7. 'I believe in incursion from elsewhere': political and aesthetic disruption in Against the Day
Conclusion: Inherent Vice as Pynchon Lite?
Works Cited
Index

Info autore

Simon Malpas is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of EdinburghAndrew Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh

Riassunto

A comprehensive study of the most influential figure in postwar American literature, Thomas Pynchon -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Malpas, Simon Taylor Malpas, Malpas Simon, Andrew Taylor, Taylor Andrew
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2015
• EAN: 9780719099342
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9934-2
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Canadian Writers
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 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