Thomas Pynchon in context /

"Introduction Inger H. Dalsgaard Thomas Pynchon has long had a place in the pantheon of Great American Writers. His status lies in the scope of his work - the number of publications, the prodigious detail and expansiveness of his topics - as well as the sheer quality of his writing, all of whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dalsgaard, Inger H. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Biography / John M. Krafft
  • Letters and juvenilia / Albert Rolls
  • Nonfiction / Katie Muth
  • East Coast / Christopher Leise
  • West Coast / Scott McClintock and John Miller
  • Europe and Asia / J. Paul Narkunas
  • Africa and Latin America / Michael Harris
  • Geographies and mapping / Sascha Pohlmann
  • The eighteenth century / Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds
  • The nineteenth century / Paolo Simonetti
  • The twentieth century / Steven Weisenburger
  • The twenty-first century / Celia Wallhead
  • History and metahistory / David Cowart
  • Family / Mark Rohland
  • Sex and gender / Ali Chetwynd and Georgios Maragos
  • Humor / Doug Haynes
  • Popular culture / Eric Sandberg
  • Music and sound / Justin St. Clair
  • Film and television / John Dugdale
  • Real estate and the internet / Inger H. Dalsgaard
  • Politics and counterculture / Joanna Freer
  • Drugs and hippies / Umberto Rossi
  • Ecology and the environment / Christopher K. Coffman
  • Capitalism and class / Jeffrey Severs
  • War and power / Dale Carter
  • Conspiracy and paranoia / Samuel Chase Coale
  • Terror and anarchy / James Gourley
  • Science and technology / Gilles Chamerois
  • Mathematics / Nina Engelhardt
  • Time and relativity / Simon de Bourcier
  • Philosophy / Martin Paul Eve
  • Religion and spirituality / Richard Moss
  • Death and afterlife / Tiina Kakela
  • Narratology / Luc Herman
  • Genre / Zofia Kolbuszewska
  • Postmodernism / Brian McHale
  • Ambiguity / Deborah L. Madsen
  • Realities / Kathryn Hume
  • Material readings / Tore Rye Andersen
  • Digital readings / Joseph Tabbi
  • Internet resources / Michel Ryckx and Tim Ware
  • Fandom / David Kipen
  • Book reviews and reception / Douglas Keesey
  • Critical literature review / Hanjo Berressem.