Pynchon and history : metahistorical rhetoric and postmodern narrative form in the novels of Thomas Pynchon / Shawn Smith
- Author
- Smith, Shawn, 1968 October 8-
- Published
- New York : Routledge, 2005.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 248 pages).
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- Series
- Contents
- Pynchon and history: an overview -- Truth and falsity don't apply: V. and the historiographic method -- Gravity's Rainbow: wrecking the elegant rooms of history -- Simulated history: Vineland and postmodern America -- Westward the course of empire: Mason & Dixon and the rewriting of the American romance.
- Summary
- First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
- Subject(s)
- Pynchon, Thomas—Knowledge and learning
- Pynchon, Thomas—Technique
- Pynchon, Thomas
- 1900-1999
- History
- Historical fiction, American—History and criticism
- Narration (Rhetoric)—History—20th century
- Postmodernism (Literature)—United States
- Literature and history—United States
- Historiography—United States
- Narration—Histoire—20e siècle
- Postmodernisme (Littérature)—États-Unis
- Littérature et histoire—États-Unis
- Historiographie—États-Unis
- LITERARY CRITICISM—American—General
- Historical fiction, American
- Historiography
- Literature
- Literature and history
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Postmodernism (Literature)
- Technique
- Erzähltechnik
- Historischer Roman
- Postmoderne
- Roman
- United States—In literature
- United States
- USA (Motiv)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781135492649 (electronic bk.)
1135492646 (electronic bk.)
9780203959329 (e-book)
0203959329 (e-book)
0415975433
9780415975438 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-239) and index.
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