TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The Cambridge companion to Thomas Pynchon T2 - Cambridge companions to literature A2 - Dalsgaard, Inger H. A2 - Herman, Luc A2 - McHale, Brian LA - eng YR - 2012 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/kansalliskirjastofikka/Record/fikka.2407403 AB - "The most celebrated American novelist of the past half-century, an indispensable figure of postmodernism worldwide, Thomas Pynchon notoriously challenges his readers. This Companion provides tools for meeting that challenge. Comprehensive, accessible, lively, up-to-date and reliable, it approaches Pynchon's fiction from various angles, calling on the expertise of an international roster of scholars at the cutting edge of Pynchon studies. Part I covers Pynchon's fiction novel-by-novel from the 1960s to the present, including such indisputable classics as The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. Part II zooms out to give a bird's-eye-view of Pynchon's novelistic practice across his entire career. Part III surveys major topics of Pynchon's fiction: history, politics, alterity ('otherness') and science and technology. Designed for students, scholars and fans alike, the Companion begins with a biography of the elusive author and ends with a coda on how to read Pynchon and a bibliography for further reading". OP - 193 SN - 978-0-521-17304-9 nidottu SN - 978-0-521-76974-7 sidottu KW - Pynchon, Thomas : Criticism and interpretation. KW - englanninkielinen kirjallisuus KW - kirjallisuudentutkimus KW - Yhdysvallat ER -