The Multiple Worlds of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon: Eighteenth-Century Contexts, Postmodern Observations

Book Overview

New essays examining the interface between 18th- and 20th-century culture both in Pynchon's novel and in the historical past.

Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel Mason & Dixon marked a deep shift in Pynchon's career and in American letters in general. All of Pynchon's novels had been socially and politically aware, marked by social criticism and a profound questioning of American values. They have carried the labels of satire and black humor, and "Pynchonesque"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571134115
• ISBN13: 9781571134110
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"