{"product_id":"how-had-it-ever-happened-joseph-c-schzipp-9783631622964","title":"«How Had It Ever Happened Here?»: A Constructivist Reading of Thomas Pynchon's «The Crying of Lot 49» and Its Role in the Pynchon Canon","description":"How had it ever happened here? , Thomas Pynchon's protagonist Oedipa Maas asks towards the end of his second novel \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e. This question is taken up in this book to explore Pynchon's novels in the light of constructivist theory. It begins with a detailed reading of \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e, which is carried into readings of Pynchon's other novels (\u003ci\u003eV., Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, Mason \u0026amp; Dixon, Against The Day, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInherent Vice\u003c\/i\u003e). All are shown to critically deal with the social construction of reality as a central theme, and a development of this theme is traced throughout Pynchon's novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph C. Schöpp,Yvonne Klose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3631622961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783631622964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Joseph C. Schöpp","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113834230015,"sku":"9783631622964","price":82.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2a2daf0-0b1f-40eb-9086-1968aa1b3f45.jpg?v=1769617491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-had-it-ever-happened-joseph-c-schzipp-9783631622964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}