Pynchon's Against the Day : A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide

Jeffrey Severs

ISBN 10: 1611490642 / ISBN 13: 9781611490640

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Feb 2011, 2011

About this Item

Neuware - 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 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.'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pynchon's Against the Day : A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Feb 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611490642
• ISBN 13: 9781611490640
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 238W x 160H x 27D millimeters 238 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 564 grams

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Synopsis

Thomas Pynchon's longest novel to date, Against the Day (2006), excited diverse and energetic opinions when it appeared on bookstore shelves nine years after the critically acclaimed Mason & Dixon. Its wide-ranging plot covers nearly three decades―from the 1893 World's Fair to the years just after World War I―and follows hundreds of characters within its 1085 pages. The book’s eleven essays by established luminaries and emerging voices in the field of Pynchon criticism, address a significant aspect of the novel's manifold interests. By focusing on three major thematic trajectories (the novel's narrative strategies; its commentary on science, belief, and faith; and its views on politics and economics), the contributors contend that Against the Day is not only a major addition to Pynchon's already impressive body of work, but also a defining moment in the emergence of twenty-first century American literature.

About the Author

Kathryn Hume is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emerita at Penn State University, USA. She is the author of Fantasy and Mimesis (1984), Pynchon's Mythography (1987), Calvino's Fictions (1992), American Dream, American Nightmare (2000), and Aggressive Fictions (2012).