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Thomas Pynchon Essays and Term Papers
The Identity Of Thomas Pynchonis as elusive as the sticky, complex webs of
meaning woven into his prose. As America's most "famous" hidden author,
Pynchon produces works which simultaneously deal with issues of
disappearance and meaning, of identity and nothingness in a fashion that
befuddles some and delights others. He ...
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Crying Of Lot 49The philosophy behind all Pynchon novels lies in the synthesis of
philosophers and modern physicists. Ludwig Wittgenstein viewed the world
as a "totality of facts, not of things."1 This idea can be combined with
a physicist's view of the world as a closed system that tends towards
chaos. ...
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A Thermodynamic Reading Of The Crying Of Lot 49 By Thomas PyA Thermodynamic Reading of The Crying of Lot 49
Exploring thermodynamic entropy and information theory clarifies the ambiguous relationship between Oedipa Maas, Maxwell's Demon and the Tristero System in The Crying of Lot 49. Through a convoluted, chaotic adventure leading to disorder, Oedipa ...
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The Theme Of Diversity In NovelsDiversity is an attribute that is seen among people, situations and
cultures. Everyone has encountered different situations at one time or more
during their lives that has either been pleasant or upsetting. Certain novels
written in the 1950's to the present show signs of multiformity very ...
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The Theme Of Diversity In NovelsDiversity is an attribute that is seen among people, situations and
cultures. Everyone has encountered different situations at one time or
more during their lives that has either been pleasant or upsetting.
Certain novels written in the 1950's to the present show signs of
multiformity very ...
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The Crying Of Lot 49Thomas Pynchon's is a very deep, complex, and demanding novel, requiring the wide breadth of knowledge. One of the most fascinating aspects of the novel is Pynchon's choice -- or rather, invention -- of the names he gives the characters and organizations described in the novel. These names ...
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Mark Harris' Criticism Of Doctorow's BookIn his criticism, Mark Harris describes a regret; a sorrow, almost,
for this once-great author who has written a book he feels is almost
pitiful in it's lack of clarity and style. He says the book “is a failed
work of a serious man.” In his view, Doctorow, once an excellent author,
has evidently ...
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As I Lie DyingThe book (AILD) is about a family trying to bury their mother, Addie Bundren. As the novel opens, Addie is lying in her bed dying in her family's farmhouse in southeastern Yoknapatawpha County, while outside her oldest son, Cash, is sawing and hammering together her coffin. Her second son, ...
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The Work Of Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy, the author of many "American styled" novels such
as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Crossing, writes very
good stories that appeal to the senses and the soul. He doesn't have
famous writing "heroes" that give him an inspiration to write, nor give him
ideas of what ...
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Dicks' Androids And Scotts' ReplicantsPhilip K. Dick has written over fifty novels, and is considered among some
of the greatest experimental writers of the 1950s and '60s, such as; William
Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, and Thomas Pynchon.(Star 34) He has written science-
fiction and regular fiction. His fiction usually spoke of people ...
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A Thermodynamic Reading Of TheCrying of Lot 49
Exploring thermodynamic entropy and information theory clarifies the ambiguous relationship between Oedipa Maas, Maxwell's Demon and the Tristero System in The Crying of Lot 49. Through a convoluted, chaotic adventure leading to disorder, Oedipa searches for the truth about ...
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