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Anne Laskaya, Mentor Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day Thomas Pynchon, the reclusive author of Gravity’s Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49, has written a new novel, Against the Day, that may serve as a capstone to his career. A widely read and studied author of the twentieth century, Pynchon has attracted a considerable amount of criticism and analysis. His latest novel, however, remains largely unexamined outside of reviews in the mainstream media. In large part, due to its recent release in November 2006, little scholarship has focused on Pynchon’s new novel. A thematic analysis and an examination of the novel’s historical context allow an exploration of Pynchon’s newest work within the framework of his writing as a whole as it echoes the themes and techniques with which he has concerned himself throughout his career. |
Nathan Benjamin