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Title The Cambridge companion to Thomas Pynchon / edited by Inger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman, Brian McHale.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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 2nd FL Humanities Library Books  PS3566.Y55 Z5766 2012    Available
Collation xii, 193 ; 24 cm.
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Series Cambridge companions to literature
Cambridge companions to literature.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chronology of Pynchon's life and works / John M. Kraft -- Introduction / Inger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman, Brian McHale -- Biographical note / John M. Kraft -- 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 & 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 L. Madsen; 12. Science and technology / Inger H. Dalsgaard -- Coda: how to read Pynchon / Hanjo Berressem.
Summary "The most celebrated American novelist of the past half-century, an indispensable figure of postmodernism worldwide, Thomas Pynchon notoriously challenges his readers. This Companion provides tools for meeting that challenge. Comprehensive, accessible, lively, up-to-date and reliable, it approaches Pynchon's fiction from various angles, calling on the expertise of an international roster of scholars at the cutting edge of Pynchon studies. Part I covers Pynchon's fiction novel-by-novel from the 1960s to the present, including such indisputable classics as The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. Part II zooms out to give a bird's-eye-view of Pynchon's novelistic practice across his entire career. Part III surveys major topics of Pynchon's fiction: history, politics, alterity ('otherness') and science and technology. Designed for students, scholars and fans alike, the Companion begins with a biography of the elusive author and ends with a coda on how to read Pynchon and a bibliography for further reading" -- provided by publisher.
Note Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson.
Subject Pynchon, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation.
Alt Author Dalsgaard, Inger H.
Herman, Luc.
McHale, Brian.
ISBN 9780521769747 (hardback)
0521769744 (hardback)
9780521173049 (paperback)
0521173043 (paperback)