Thomas Pynchon and American Counterculture
Cambridge University Press eBooks September 22, 2014 DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139875967 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Citations | 129 |
| Key points | Argues that Pynchon's novels provide a complex, ambivalent engagement with 1960s countercultural movements, reflecting and critiquing their ideals of anti-structure, anarchism, and revolutionary politics. |
Abstract
1. On the road to anti-structure: V., The Crying Lot 49 and the Beats 2. Love, violence and yippie subversion in Gravity's Rainbow: Pynchon and the New Left 3. The psychedelic movement, fantasy and anarchism in The Crying Lot 49 and Against the Day 4. The Black Panther Party, revolutionary suicide and Gravity's Rainbow 5. Feminism moderate and radical in The Crying Lot 49 and Vineland: Pynchon and the women's movement.