Pynchon and Philosophy: Wittgenstein, Foucault and Adorno, by Martin Eve

[Fiona Shnapple]

And...yes...those latent ....um....ethics....?

On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Michel <mryc2903 at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Congratulations Martin!
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pynchon-Philosophy-Wittgenstein-Foucault-Adorno/dp/113740549X/
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> Pynchon and Philosophy: Wittgenstein, Foucault and Adorno
> Hardcover: 232 pages
> Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (14 May 2014)
> ISBN-10: 113740549X
> ISBN-13: 978-1137405494
>
> Description:
> Thomas Pynchon, the most important living American author, is famed for his
> lengthy, complex and erudite fictions. Given these characteristics, an
> examination of the philosophical dimensions of Pynchon's works is long
> overdue. In Pynchon and Philosophy, Martin Paul Eve comprehensively and
> clearly redresses this balance, mapping Pynchon's interactions with the
> philosophy, ethics and politics of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michel Foucault and
> Theodor W. Adorno, resulting in a fresh approach to these seminal novels.
> Pynchon and Philosophy is based on the notion that Pynchon's brand of
> postmodern literature mocks theoretical frameworks. On these grounds,
> Pynchon has been accused of being an anti-rationalist, a postmodern nihilist
> figure who revels in the collapse of logic. In this book Eve shows that a
> fruitful showdown between these philosophical figures and Pynchon is now
> urgently needed to unearth the latent ethics within Pynchon's novels and to
> counter these wild claims.
>
> Review:
> "Martin Paul Eve's Pynchon and Philosophy is a work of consummate
> scholarship. Breaking new ground in Pynchon studies, Eve offers an immensely
> erudite, detailed and in-depth account of the ways in which the ideas of
> Wittgenstein, Foucault and Adorno help us to think about his texts. A
> first-rate book." - David Cowart, University of South Carolina, USA
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pynchon-Philosophy-Wittgenstein-Foucault-Adorno/dp/113740549X/
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