Pynchon's California
By: edited by Scott McClintock and John Miller
Series: The New American Canon: The Iowa Series in Contemporary Literature and Culture
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781609382735; 9781609382940
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; In literature
Description: "Pynchon's California is the first book to examine Thomas Pynchon's use of California as a setting in his novels. Contributors explore such topics as the relationship of the "California novels" to Pynchon's more historical and encyclopedic works; the significance of California's beaches, deserts forests, freeways, and "hieroglyphic" suburban sprawl; the California-inspired noir tradition; and the surprising connections to be uncovered between drug use and realism, melodrama and real estate, private detection and the sacred."--P. 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.