Lines of Flight: Discursive Time and Countercultural Desire in the Work of Thomas Pynchon

Stefan Mattessich

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Lines of Flight

Discursive Time and Countercultural Desire in the Work of Thomas Pynchon

Stefan Mattessich
Edited by: Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2002

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Post-Contemporary Interventions

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An overview of the work of Pynchon and its relationship to the counterculture of the 60s, 70s and 80s.

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Stefan Mattessich is Professor of English at Santa Monica College.

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“Lines of Flight is an impressive achievement, reminiscent of the work of Fredric Jameson in its engagement with social and political issues, its sensitivity to questions of the ideology of form, and the authority with which it parses complex problems of textuality and discourse and identifies their cultural significance. Pynchon has not had so sympathetic a reader.”—Hayden White, Stanford University

“This is an original and provocative book that makes a significant contribution to studies of Thomas Pynchon, to the literature on Deleuze and Guattari, and—most importantly—to the critical project of reading contemporary literature closely, theoretically, and self-reflexively.”—Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University

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Literary Studies Anglo-American Literature Anglo-American Literature, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1 Imperium, Misogyny, and Postmodern Parody in V. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
2 Ekphrasis, Escape, and Countercultural Desire in The Crying of Lot 49 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
3 Turning Around the Origin in Gravity’s Rainbow: Parody, Preterition, Paranoia, and Other Polymera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
4 A Close Reading of Part 1, Episode 19, of Gravity’s Rainbow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
5 Docile Bodies and the Body without Organs: Gravity’s Gravity’s Rainbow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
6 Totality and the Repetition of Di√erence: Rereading the 1960s in Vineland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
7 A Vigilant Folly: Lines of Flight in Mason & Dixon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Conclusion: Toward a Theory of the Counterculture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289

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November 22, 2002

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9780822384137

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304

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822384137

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