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Unruly Narratives
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This study traces anarchist discourse through the novels of Thomas Pynchon. Not only does Pynchon create specific anarchist and crypto-anarchist characters and agencies, but he also treats with suspicion many state-sponsored institutions that serve to maintain and regulate social order. This anti-authoritarian stance is reproduced on a structural level: Pynchon's formal techniques correspond to an anarchist aesthetic which reflects a sustained skepticism toward efforts to map mastering codes onto the texts. While Pynchon frequently invokes a concept of anarchism as a powerful mechanism for social engineering, as a utopic horizon, and as a valued political philosophy, he is also wary of fully endorsing an anarchist position because he recognizes such a position to be open to any number of violent corruptions and betrayals. Pynchon teases out the possibilities that a progressive anarchist stand may proffer, but also makes a serious contribution to anarchist discourse by amplifying and interrogating the flaws inherent in anarchist theory.
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Graham Benton received a Ph.D in Literatures in English from Rutgers University and is Chair and Professor of the Department of Culture and Communication at The California Maritime Academy. His research interests include twentieth and twenty-first century American literature, maritime literature, and the cultural manifestations of globalization.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- Sprache Englisch
- Untertitel The Anarchist Dimension in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon
- Autor Graham Benton
- Titel Unruly Narratives
- ISBN 978-3-659-18605-9
- Format Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
- EAN 9783659186059
- Jahr 2012
- Größe H20mm x B220mm x T150mm
- Gewicht 536g
- Herausgeber LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 392
- Auflage Aufl.
- Genre Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
- GTIN 09783659186059