| The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon Contributor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H. (Editor), Herman, Luc (Editor), McHale, Brian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521173043 ISBN-13: 9780521173049 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2011037730 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.: - Dr Inger H. Dalsgaard is Associate Professor of American Studies, Department of English, University of Aarhus, Denmark.Herman, Luc: - Luc Herman is Professor of American Literature and Narrative Theory at the University of Antwerp.McHale, Brian: - Brian McHale is Distinguished Arts and Humanities Professor of English at Ohio State University. |