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Book SynopsisSimon de Bourcier has a degree in English from Trinity College, Cambridge, an MA in English Studies from Anglia Ruskin University, and a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where he has also taught as an Associate Tutor.
Trade Review"Inits consideration of time in all of Pynchon's novels from V. to Inherent Vice, thiswide-ranging study deservedly takes its place in the best tradition of Pynchoncriticism, moving with ease between literary criticism, philosophy, history andthe natural sciences. In particular, the book's elaborate reading of Against the Day is groundbreaking, andthis profound pioneering work makes Pynchonand Relativity a monograph no future analysis of that novel can afford to ignore." -- Sascha Pöhlmann, Assistant Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements \ Abbreviations \ Introduction \ 1. Critical and Theoretical Writing on Time, Relativity, and Pynchon \ 2. Time, Relativity, and the Logic of Fictional Worlds \ 3. The Fourth Dimension in Against the Day \ 4. The Æther in Against the Day \ 5. Spatial Time, the Æther, and the History of Physics in Mason & Dixon \ 6. V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Inherent Vice \ Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index.
