Time and Vision Machines in Thomas Pynchon’s Novels - Couverture rigide

Misztal

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3631788096 ISBN 13 : 9783631788097

Editeur : Peter Lang, 2019

Synopsis

This book studies the complex relations between time and visual technologies in the oeuvre of Thomas Pynchon within the general framework of the culture and politics of time. It argues that notwithstanding a postmodern tendency towards the spatialization of experience, temporality constitutes a major concern in Pynchon's novels, which explore the problematic of time-experience and temporal representation against the background of the contemporary technosphere and its temporal regimes. By examining photography, cinema, television, computers, and the Internet, this book puts Pynchon's engagement with visual technologies into a perspective that elucidates their workings as time machines in relation to both experientiality and materiality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arkadiusz Misztal is Assistant Professor in American Studies at the University of Gdanìsk, Poland. His research and teaching interests focus on contemporary American fiction, narrative theory, and the philosophy of time. He is a member of the International Society for the Study of Time and Polish Association for American Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3631788096
• ISBN 13: 9783631788097
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne