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Pynchon and the Political

Samuel Thomas
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      Thomas Pynchon's writing has been widely regarded as an exemplary form of postmodern fiction. It is characterized as genre-defying and enigmatic, as a series of complex and esoteric language games. This study attempts to demonstrate, however, that an oblique yet compelling sense of the "political" Pynchon disappers all too easily under the mantle of postmodernity. Innovative and unsettling discussions of freedom, war, labor, poverty, community, democracy, and totalitarianism are passed over in favor of constrictive scientific metaphors and theoretical play. Against this current, this study analyzes Pynchon's fiction in terms of its radical dimension, showing how it points to new directions in the relationship between the political and the aesthetic.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Samuel Thomas EAN: 9780415956468 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 408 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-09-14 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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      Samuel Thomas is Lecturer in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, UK.
      Thomas Pynchon's writing has been widely regarded as an exemplary form of postmodern fiction. It is characterized as genre-defying and enigmatic, as a series of complex and esoteric language games. This study attempts to demonstrate, however, that an oblique yet compelling sense of the "political" Pynchon disappers all too easily under the mantle of postmodernity. Innovative and unsettling discussions of freedom, war, labor, poverty, community, democracy, and totalitarianism are passed over in favor of constrictive scientific metaphors and theoretical play. Against this current, this study analyzes Pynchon's fiction in terms of its radical dimension, showing how it points to new directions in the relationship between the political and the aesthetic.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Samuel Thomas EAN: 9780415956468 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 408 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-09-14 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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      Samuel Thomas is Lecturer in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, UK.

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