TheCambridgeCompaniontoThomasPynchon(CambridgeCompanionstoLiterature)
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- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2011年12月
- ISBN 9780521173049
- 定价 200.50
内容简介
ThemostcelebratedAmericannovelistofthepasthalf-century,anindispensablefigureofpostmodernismworldwide,ThomasPynchonnotoriouslychallengeshisreaders.ThisCompanionprovidestoolsformeetingthatchallenge.Comprehensive,accessible,lively,up-to-dateandreliable,itapproachesPynchon'sfictionfromvariousangles,callingontheexpertiseofaninternationalrosterofscholarsatthecuttingedgeofPynchonstudies.PartIcoversPynchon'sfictionnovel-by-novelfromthe1960stothepresent,includingsuchindisputableclassicsasTheCryingofLot49andGravity'sRainbow.PartIIzoomsouttogiveabird's-eye-viewofPynchon'snovelisticpracticeacrosshisentirecareer.PartIIIsurveysmajortopicsofPynchon'sfiction:history,politics,alterity('otherness')andscienceandtechnology.Designedforstudents,scholarsandfansalike,theCompanionbeginswithabiographyoftheelusiveauthorandendswithacodaonhowtoreadPynchonandabibliographyforfurtherreading.
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