Publication

2014 - University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa

Language

English

Word Count

59,500 words, Guess

Page Count

238 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3566.Y55 Z84 2014

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The New American Canon: The Iowa Series in Contemporary Literature and Culture

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