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In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of The Crying of Lot 49. Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts.

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Series editor's preface; 1. Introduction Patrick O'Donnell; 2. Borges and Pynchon: the tenuous symmetries of art Debra A. Castillo; 3. Toward the schizo-text: paranoia as semiotic regime in The Crying of Lot John Johnston; 4. 'Hushing sick transmissions': disrupting story in The Crying of Lot Bernard Duyfhuizen; 5. 'A metaphor of od knew how many parts': the engine that drives The Crying of Lot N. Katherine Hayles; 6. A re-cognition of her errand into the wilderness Pierre-Yves Petillon; Selected bibliography.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/31/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521381635, 978-0521381635
      ISBN10: 0521381630
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of The Crying of Lot 49. Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts.

      Table of Contents
      Series editor's preface; 1. Introduction Patrick O'Donnell; 2. Borges and Pynchon: the tenuous symmetries of art Debra A. Castillo; 3. Toward the schizo-text: paranoia as semiotic regime in The Crying of Lot John Johnston; 4. 'Hushing sick transmissions': disrupting story in The Crying of Lot Bernard Duyfhuizen; 5. 'A metaphor of od knew how many parts': the engine that drives The Crying of Lot N. Katherine Hayles; 6. A re-cognition of her errand into the wilderness Pierre-Yves Petillon; Selected bibliography.

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