Publication

2011 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

53,000 words, Guess

Page Count

212 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780521173049
  • ISBN-100521769744
  • ISBN-139780521769747
  • ISBN-100521173043
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011037730
and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number779706031
  • OCLC Control Number751751613
  • Better World Books9780521769747
  • Better World Books9780521173049
  • Open LibraryOL25026185M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3566.Y55 Z5766 2011
  • LCCPS3566.Y55 Z5766 2012
and 2 more
  • LCCPS3566.Y55 Z5766 201
  • LCCPS3566.Y55

Description

"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"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Cambridge companions to literature

Links

Other Editions

  • The Cambridge companion to Thomas PynchonCambridge University Press2011-01-01

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