Planetary Pynchon: history, modernity, and the anthropocene

While Thomas Pynchon is usually described as an American author who primarily writes about American reality, Planetary Pynchon: History, Modernity, and the Anthropocene argues that his major novels, Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, and Against the Day, can profitably be read as a global tr...

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1. Verfasser: Rye Andersen, Tore 1970- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:While Thomas Pynchon is usually described as an American author who primarily writes about American reality, Planetary Pynchon: History, Modernity, and the Anthropocene argues that his major novels, Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, and Against the Day, can profitably be read as a global trilogy that presents a coherent historical account of how the emergence and spread of European modernity across the world have had devastating consequences for the planet and its inhabitants. This book sets a new agenda in Pynchon studies, charting his early anticipation of anthropocenic and planetary ideas, including globalization's demand for constant growth. It combines close textual readings with broad perspectives on large thematic arcs and stylistic developments across Pynchon's entire career as well as an extensive dialogue with the rich reception of his work
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Introduction : Pynchon's global trilogy -- Mason & Dixon : history at the crossroads -- Against the day : from World Fair to World War -- Gravity's rainbow : immachination at the end of the line -- Pynchon's literary evolution -- Planetary Pynchon -- Conclusion : too late?
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 228 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009377607
DOI:10.1017/9781009377607