Pynchon's Mythography: An Approach to Gravity's Rainbow

by Kathryn Hume and Jerome Klinkowitz

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The exhausting plenitude of loosely connected detail in Gravity's Rainbow makes it a favorite of postmodern critics, who claim it describes a modern, random, unknowable universe. Hume expands the possibilities as she discloses a mythic structure that underlies Pynchon's work and provides easier access to his world.

"Myth turns chaos into cosmos," Hume explains, describing how the profuse detail of Pynchon's book allows for the creation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:080931357X

ISBN13:9780809313570

Release Date:April 1987

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.3" x 8.5"

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History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

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