| Management number | 231636706 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $10.02 | Model Number | 231636706 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0521173043 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0521173049 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 5.98 x 0.48 x 8.98 inches |
| Item Weight | 12 ounces |
| Print length | 212 pages |
| Part of series | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Publication date | January 16, 2012 |
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