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Lines of flight : discursive time and countercultural desire in the work of Thomas Pynchon / Stefan Mattessich.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mattessich, Stefan, 1964-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Post-contemporary interventions.
Post-contemporary interventions
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pynchon, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.
Pynchon, Thomas.
Counterculture--United States.
Counterculture.
Desire in literature.
Escape in literature.
Time in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (303 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2002.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An overview of the work of Pynchon and its relationship to the counterculture of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Contents:
Imperium, misogyny, and postmodern parody in V
Ekphrasis, escape, and countercultural desire in The crying of Lot
Turning around the origin in Gravity's rainbow
A close reading of episode 19, part I, of Gravity's rainbow
Docile bodies and the body without organs
Totality and the repetition of difference
A vigilant folly : lines of flight in Mason & Dixon
Conclusion : towards a theory of the counterculture.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-288) and index.
ISBN:
9786612920394
9781282920392
1282920391
9780822384137
0822384132
OCLC:
850216968

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