Pynchon's Against the Day: A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781611490640)

Thomas Pynchon's longest novel to date, Against the Day (2006), excited diverse and energetic opinions when it appeared on bookstore shelves nine years after the critically acclaimed Mason & Dixon. Its wide-ranging plot covers nearly three decades-from the 1893 World's Fair to the years just after World War I-and follows hundreds of characters within its 1085 pages. The book's eleven essays by established luminaries and emerging voices in the field of Pynchon criticism, address a significant aspect of the novel's manifold interests. By focusing on three major thematic trajectories (the novel's narrative strategies; its commentary on science, belief, and faith; and its views on politics and economics), the contributors contend that Against the Day is not only a major addition to Pynchon's already impressive body of work, but also a defining moment in the emergence of twenty-first century American literature.

Author: Jeffrey Severs,Christopher Leise
ISBN-10: 1611490642
ISBN-13: 9781611490640
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Language: English
Published: 02/24/2011
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.10d