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050 00 PS3566.Y55|bZ5766 2012 
245 04 The Cambridge companion to Thomas Pynchon /|cedited by 
       Inger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman, Brian McHale. 
264  1 Cambridge ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press,
       |c2012. 
300    xii, 193 ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Cambridge companions to literature 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tChronology of Pynchon's life and works /|rJohn M. Kraft 
       --|tIntroduction /|rInger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman, Brian 
       McHale --|tBiographical note /|rJohn M. Kraft --|gPart I.
       |tCanon:|g1.|tEarly Pynchon /|rLuc Herman;|g2.|tThe Crying
       of Lot 49 and other California novels /|rThomas Hill 
       Schaub;|g3.|tGravity's Rainbow /|rSteven Weisenburger;|g4.
       |tMason & Dixon /|rKathryn Hume;|g5.|tAgainst the Day /
       |rBernard Duyfhuizen --|gPart II.|tPoetics:|g6.|tPynchon 
       in literary history /|rDavid Cowart;|g7.|tPynchon's 
       postmodernism /|rBrian McHale;|g8.|tPynchon's intertexts /
       |rDavid Seed --|gPart III.|tIssues:|g9.|tHistory /|rAmy J.
       Elias;|g10.|tPolitics /|rJeff Baker;|g11.|tAlterity /
       |rDeborah L. Madsen;|g12.|tScience and technology /|rInger
       H. Dalsgaard --|tCoda: how to read Pynchon /|rHanjo 
       Berressem. 
520    "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. 
590    Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson. 
600 10 Pynchon, Thomas|xCriticism and interpretation. 
700 1  Dalsgaard, Inger H. 
700 1  Herman, Luc. 
700 1  McHale, Brian. 
830  0 Cambridge companions to literature. 
910    sp 201403 
945    MARCIVE (03/23)