Pynchon's Against the Day A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide |
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| Author:
| Severs, Jeffrey
Leise, Christopher |
| Contribution by:
| Benton, Graham
Coffman, Christopher K.
Dalsgaard, Inger H.
Elias, Amy J.
Hume, Kathryn
Kevorkian, Martin
McHale, Brian
McKetta, Elisabeth
Narkunas, J. Paul
Piekarski, Krzysztof
Reilly, Terry
Clair, Justin St. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61149-064-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $146.95 |
Book Description:
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The first book of criticism devoted to Pynschon's massive 2006 novel, Pynchon's "Against the Day": A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide gathers new work by more than a dozen scholars, offering readings informed by the newest developments in narratology, genre studies, ecocriticism, globalism, and the histories of science and religion. This title also offers fresh perspectives on divisive issues within Pynchon studies such as anarchism, gender, and reviewers' reception of his recent work. What...
More DescriptionThe first book of criticism devoted to Pynschon's massive 2006 novel, Pynchon's "Against the Day": A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide gathers new work by more than a dozen scholars, offering readings informed by the newest developments in narratology, genre studies, ecocriticism, globalism, and the histories of science and religion. This title also offers fresh perspectives on divisive issues within Pynchon studies such as anarchism, gender, and reviewers' reception of his recent work. What emerges is a novel that will come to be seen, these essays argue, as a major part of Pynchon's storied legacy and a key work of the "late Pynchon."