Beschrijving
Using a strategy they call 'bookmatching', the authors explore ways in which contemporary literary theory can be used to read fiction. In particular, they focus on Thomas Pynchon's three novels and his early stories.Employing the deconstructive literary theories of Jacques Derrida, Writing Pynchon challenges habits of reading that are self-consciously held by the vast majority of critics of the contemporary American novel. McHoul and Wills have written not merely a book about Pynchon but a book about reading in general, illustrated with examples from Pynchon's oeuvre .
Boekdetails
Formaat
Hardcover
Pagina's
239 pagina's
Taal
Engels
Gepubliceerd
mrt. 1, 1990
Uitgever
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252017005
ISBN-13
9780252017001