{"product_id":"the-gnostic-pynchon-9780253319074","title":"The Gnostic Pynchon","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe appearance of \u003ci\u003eVineland\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel in seventeen years, has rekindled critical debate on Thomas Pynchon. Written before the publication of the new novel, but remarkably prescient about its themes, \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Pynchon\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative reading of Pynchon's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere most critics find in Thomas Pynchon a postmodern writer of indeterministic, relativistic, contingent fiction, Dwight Eddins also finds a man on a religious quest. Pynchon's quest, Eddins shows, is for some principle of organic order that will provide an alternative to hopeless ambiguity, or an equally hopeless choice between total chaos and total control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Pynchon \u003c\/i\u003eis a profoundly revisionist view of one of this century's most important writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dwight Eddins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253319074","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40722531713139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_08a73532-ef42-4f98-b071-353767ec88b4.jpg?v=1677162441","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-gnostic-pynchon-9780253319074","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}