Pynchon and History: Metahistorical Rhetoric and Postmodern Narrative Form in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

Shawn Smith

Pynchon and History: Metahistorical Rhetoric and Postmodern Narrative Form in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
6 July 2005
Pages
256
ISBN
9780415975438

Pynchon and History: Metahistorical Rhetoric and Postmodern Narrative Form in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

Shawn Smith

While many previous books on Pynchon allude to his fictional engagement with historical events and figures, this book explores Pynchon as a historical novelist and, by extension, historical thinker. The book interprets Pynchon’s four major novels V., Gravity’s Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon through the prism of historical interpretation and representation. In doing so, it argues that Pynchon’s innovative narrative techniques express his philosophy of history and historical representation through the form of his texts.

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