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Occupy Pynchon

Sean Carswell
Occupy Pynchon Book PDF

Author : Sean Carswell
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820350899

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Occupy Pynchon by Sean Carswell Pdf

Occupy Pynchon examines power and resistance in the writer’s post–Gravity’s Rainbow novels. As Sean Carswell shows, Pynchon’s representations of global power after the neoliberal revolution of the 1980s shed the paranoia and meta­physical bent of his first three novels and share a great deal in common with the work of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s critical trilogy, Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth. In both cases, the authors describe global power as a horizontal network of multinational corporations, national governments, and supranational institutions. Pynchon, as do Hardt and Negri, theorizes resistance as a horizontal network of individuals who work together, without sacrificing their singularities, to resist the political and economic exploitation of empire. Carswell enriches this examination of Pynchon’s politics—as made evident in Vineland (1990), Mason & Dixon (1997), Against the Day (2006), Inherent Vice (2009), and Bleeding Edge (2013)—by reading the novels alongside the global resistance movements of the early 2010s. Beginning with the Arab Spring and progressing into the Occupy Movement, political activists engaged in a global uprising. The ensuing struggle mirrored Pynchon’s concepts of power and resistance, and Occupy activists in particular constructed their movement around the same philosophical tradition from which Pynchon, as well as Hardt and Negri, emerges. This exploration of Pynchon shines a new light on Pynchon studies, recasting his post-1970s fiction as central to his vision of resisting global neoliberal capitalism.

Occupy Pynchon

Sean Carswell
Occupy Pynchon Book PDF

Author : Sean Carswell
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820350882

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Occupy Pynchon by Sean Carswell Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. Pynchon in Zuccotti Park: An Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Vineland and the Insomniac Unavenged -- CHAPTER 3. Mason & Dixon and the Ghastly Fop -- CHAPTER 4. Against the Day and a World Like Ours, with One or Two Adjustments -- CHAPTER 5. Inherent Vice and Being in Place -- CHAPTER 6. Bleeding Edge and Getting Constructively Lost -- CHAPTER 7. A Snappy 'Ukulele Accompaniment -- CHAPTER 8. Occupy the Novel: A Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

Thomas Pynchon’s Animal Tales

Keita Hatooka
Thomas Pynchon s Animal Tales Book PDF

Author : Keita Hatooka
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781793655882

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Thomas Pynchon’s Animal Tales by Keita Hatooka Pdf

Throughout his works, Thomas Pynchon uses various animal characters to narrate fables that are vital to postmodernism and ecocriticism. Thomas Pynchon’s Animal Tales: Fables for Ecocriticism examines case studies of animal representation in Pynchon’s texts, such as alligators in the sewer in V.; the alligator purse in Bleeding Edge; dolphins in the Miami Seaquarium in The Crying of Lot 49; dodoes, pigs, and octopuses in Gravity’s Rainbow; Bigfoot and Godzilla in Vineland and Inherent Vice; and preternatural dogs and mythical worms in Mason & Dixon and Against the Day. Through this exploration, Keita Hatooka illuminates how radically and imaginatively the legendary novelist depicts his empathy for nonhuman beings. Furthermore, by conducting a comparative study of Pynchon’s narratives and his contemporary documentarians and thinkers, Thomas Pynchon’s Animal Tales leads readers to draw great lessons from the fables, which stimulate our ecocritical thought for tomorrow.

Radical Hope in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

Phillip Grayson
Radical Hope in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon Book PDF

Author : Phillip Grayson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781666911695

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Radical Hope in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon by Phillip Grayson Pdf

Radical Hope in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon: The Moon and Meteor provides a careful consideration of the author's career, examining the ways in which the subversion of his early novels feeds into the radical optimism of his later works. The book's first half explores the author's use of the image of the Moon as a romanticized ideal that is irreparably corrupted by and corruptly manipulated by forces of worldly power. The second half takes up the meteor as an image of impending violence that has yet to be full realized, finding in the unlikely possibility of that violence being somehow averted, a reckless sort of hope. This foolhardy but nonetheless real hope to escape from violent, oppressive structures and forge a real ethical obligation to the other marks the development of these paired metaphors, and through them Pynchon introduces the possibility, however slight, that literature, with its powerfully intimate relationship with consciousness, may at least sustain that hope.

The New Pynchon Studies

Joanna Freer
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Author : Joanna Freer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781108474467

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The New Pynchon Studies by Joanna Freer Pdf

The essays in this collection are at the forefront of Pynchon studies, representing distinctively twenty-first century approaches to his work.

Vineland Reread

Peter Coviello
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Author : Peter Coviello
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231546041

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Vineland Reread by Peter Coviello Pdf

Vineland is hardly anyone’s favorite Thomas Pynchon novel. Marking Pynchon’s return after vanishing for nearly two decades following his epic Gravity’s Rainbow, it was initially regarded as slight, a middling curiosity. However, for Peter Coviello, the oft-overlooked Vineland opens up new ways of thinking about Pynchon’s writing and about how we read and how we live in the rough currents of history. Beginning with his early besotted encounters with Vineland, Coviello reads Pynchon’s offbeat novel of sixties insurgents stranded in the Reaganite summer of 1984 as a delirious stoner comedy that is simultaneously a work of heartsick fury and political grief: a portrait of the hard afterlives of failed revolution in a period of stifling reaction. Offering a roving meditation on the uses of criticism and the practice of friendship, the fashioning of publics and counterpublics, the sentence and the police, Coviello argues that Vineland is among the most abundant and far-sighted of late-century American excursions into novelistic possibility. Departing from visions of Pynchon as the arch-postmodernist, erudite and obscure, he discloses an author far more companionable and humane. In Pynchon’s harmonizing of joyousness and outrage, comedy and sorrow, Coviello finds a model for thinking through our catastrophic present.

The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel

Andrew Rowcroft
The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel Book PDF

Author : Andrew Rowcroft
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476692265

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The Crisis of Capitalism in the Contemporary Novel by Andrew Rowcroft Pdf

This book explores the role of radical ideas in contemporary fiction by nine critically acclaimed authors--Jonathan Lethem, Dana Spiotta, China Mieville, Thomas Pynchon, Rachel Kushner, Teddy Wayne, Colson Whitehead, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kim Stanley Robinson. All of them share interests in the politics of the left, the problems of protracted economic crisis, and the potentiality of post-capitalist ideas. Novels by these authors, this book argues, are defined by an imperative to confront current anxieties in left-thought, while, at the same time, evincing a nuanced degree of self-consciousness about the legacy of political radicalisms, the costs they accrue, and where they have led.

Pynchon's Against the Day

Jeffrey Severs,Christopher Leise
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Author : Jeffrey Severs,Christopher Leise
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1611490650

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Pynchon's Against the Day by Jeffrey Severs,Christopher Leise Pdf

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."

“From Faraway California”

Ali Dehdarirad
From Faraway California Book PDF

Author : Ali Dehdarirad
Publisher : Sapienza Università Editrice
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788893772877

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“From Faraway California” by Ali Dehdarirad Pdf

Offering a transdisciplinary journey across Thomas Pynchon’s California trilogy, “From Faraway California” addresses the representation of (city)space in the Crying of Lot 49, Vineland, and Inherent Vice through “geourban” lenses. Drawing on specific concepts in urban and regional studies, the book provides a thorough examination of Pynchon’s spatial imaginary, where the reader comes to understand how his fiction tackles the socio-political and cultural consequences of urban restructuring in the contemporary city and the lives of its citizens. Pynchon’s depiction of California is further analyzed from mythical and environmental standpoints to shed light on his planetary vision and (post)postmodernist poetics in the span of nearly half a century. More broadly, the book’s geocritical and urban analyses of Pynchon’s fiction indicate what might take place concerning the future of urbanism, toward “planetary urbanization” and the formation of the “city region.”

Memory and Identity in Modern and Postmodern American Literature

Lovorka Gruic Grmusa,Biljana Oklopcic
Memory and Identity in Modern and Postmodern American Literature Book PDF

Author : Lovorka Gruic Grmusa,Biljana Oklopcic
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789811950254

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Memory and Identity in Modern and Postmodern American Literature by Lovorka Gruic Grmusa,Biljana Oklopcic Pdf

This book discusses how American literary modernism and postmodernism interconnect memory and identity and if, and how, the intertwining of memory and identity has been related to the dominant socio-cultural trends in the United States or the specific historical contexts in the world. The book’s opening chapter is the interrogation of the narrator’s memories of Jay Gatsby and his life in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The second chapter shows how in William Faulkner’s Light in August memory impacts the search for identities in the storylines of the characters. The third chapter discusses the correlation between memory, self, and culture in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Discussing Robert Coover’s Gerald’s Party, the fourth chapter reveals that memory and identity are contextualized and that cognitive processes, including memory, are grounded in the body’s interaction with the environment, featuring dehumanized characters, whose identities appear as role-plays. The subsequent chapter is the analysis of how Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated deals with the heritage of Holocaust memories and postmemories. The last chapter focuses on Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day, the reconstructive nature of memory, and the politics and production of identity in Southeastern Europe.

A Mason & Dixon Companion

Brett Biebel
A Mason Dixon Companion Book PDF

Author : Brett Biebel
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820365855

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A Mason & Dixon Companion by Brett Biebel Pdf

Mason & Dixon might be Thomas Pynchon’s most human book. Its main characters are richly drawn, and they center the narrative. Yet the novel is also packed with historical allusions and an eighteenth-century vernacular that some readers may find difficult to navigate. A "Mason & Dixon" Companion offers this navigation line by line, unpacking Pynchon’s puns, his many references, and his pet themes. Brett Biebel provides a contextual map, episode-by-episode summaries, and page-by-page annotations explaining allusions, defining obscure vocabulary, and illuminating the book’s major themes. The goal is to help readers work their way through a difficult yet remarkably rewarding novel from one of American literature’s most significant writers. In a voice that’s both relaxed and informed, the Companion illuminates what Harold Bloom called “Pynchon’s late masterpiece.” It crystallizes the prescience of Mason & Dixon, situating the novel within Pynchon’s broader oeuvre, while being fun to read in its own right.

Thomas Pynchon

Harold Bloom
Thomas Pynchon Book PDF

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780791074459

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Thomas Pynchon by Harold Bloom Pdf

A collection of critical essays on Thomas Pynchon's work.

The Multiple Worlds of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon

Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds
The Multiple Worlds of Pynchon s Mason Dixon Book PDF

Author : Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1571134115

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The Multiple Worlds of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon by Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds Pdf

New essays examining the interface between 18th- and 20th-century culture both in Pynchon's novel and in the historical past. Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel Mason & Dixon marked a deep shift in Pynchon's career and in American letters in general. All of Pynchon's novels had been socially and politically aware, marked by social criticism and a profound questioning of American values. They have carried the labels of satire and black humor, and "Pynchonesque" has come to be associated with erudition, a playful style, anachronisms and puns -- and an interest in scientific theories, popular culture, paranoia, and the "military-industrial complex." In short, Pynchon's novels were the sine qua non of postmodernism; Mason & Dixon went further, using the same style, wit, and erudition to re-create an 18th century when "America" was being formed as both place and idea. Pynchon's focus on the creation of the Mason-Dixon Line and the governmental and scientific entities responsible for it makes a clearer statement than any of his previous novels about the slavery and imperialism at the heart of the Enlightenment, as he levels a dark and hilarious critique at this America. This volume of new essays studies the interface between 18th- and 20th-century cultureboth in Pynchon's novel and in the historical past. It offers fresh thinking about Pynchon's work, as the contributors take up the linkages between the 18th and 20th centuries in studies that are as concerned with culture as withthe literary text itself. Contributors: Mitchum Huehls, Brian Thill, Colin Clarke, Pedro Garcia-Caro, Dennis Lensing, Justin M. Scott Coe, Ian Copestake, Frank Palmeri. Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds is Professor and Chair of the English Department at SUNY Brockport.

A History of American Literature

Richard Gray
A History of American Literature Book PDF

Author : Richard Gray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 933 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444345681

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A History of American Literature by Richard Gray Pdf

Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers

Pynchon's California

Scott McClintock,John Miller
Pynchon s California Book PDF

Author : Scott McClintock,John Miller
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781609382735

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Pynchon's California by Scott McClintock,John Miller Pdf

"Pynchon's California is the first book to examine Thomas Pynchon's use of California as a setting in his novels. Contributors explore such topics as the relationship of the "California novels" to Pynchon's more historical and encyclopedic works; the significance of California's beaches, deserts forests, freeways, and "hieroglyphic" suburban sprawl; the California-inspired noir tradition; and the surprising connections to be uncovered between drug use and realism, melodrama and real estate, private detection and the sacred."--P. 4 of cover.