Tony Tanner provides a brief, comprehensive introduction to the work of Thomas Pynchon. Against the background of Pynchon the man, this book, originally published in 1982, examines in... Læs mere
This book is about the relationship of the American writer to his land and language - to the 'scene' and the 'sign', to the natural landscape and the inscriptions imposed upon it by men.
In this book, Dr Tanner seeks to demonstrate the peculiar importance of wonder in American literature, by examining a number of key writers... Læs mere