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Article: Thomas Pynchon: Reading from the Margins.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2004
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Thomas Pynchon: Reading from the Margins. Ed. by NIRAN ABBAS. Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses. 2003. 256 pp. 34 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8386-3954-2
The twelve essays collected in this new volume were originally delivered during the International Pynchon Week which was held in Antwerp and London in June 1998. They are divided into two sections: 'Bodies of Gender and Identity' and 'Body Politic'. This division sounds neater than the actual contents of this collection but it does help identify a number of themes running through these essays. They concern themselves with the operations of power, the ...