essays on the fiftieth anniversary of Thomas Pynchon's v. /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Paolo Simonetti, Umberto Rossi.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (235 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails marks the first in-depth examination of Pynchon's debut novel, which was immediately recognized as a breakthrough masterpiece. The eight essays collected in the volume provide both scholars and avid readers with new and original insights into a too-often underestimated work that, probably even more than Gravity's Rainbow, established Pynchon as one of the great masters of twentieth-century American literature. This book deliberately privileges a multidisciplinary and transnational approach, encompassing collaborations from a particularly international and diverse.