Thomas Pynchon's Animal Tales

Keita Hatooka

doi:10.5771/9781793655882

Thomas Pynchon's Animal Tales

Fables for Ecocriticism

1. Edition 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793655882
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-5587-5
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-5588-2
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Abstract

Throughout his works, Thomas Pynchon uses various animal characters to narrate fables that are vital to postmodernism and ecocriticism. Thomas Pynchon’s Animal Tales: Fables for Ecocriticism examines case studies of animal representation in Pynchon’s texts, such as alligators in the sewer in V.; the alligator purse in Bleeding Edge; dolphins in the Miami Seaquarium in The Crying of Lot 49; dodoes, pigs, and octopuses in Gravity’s Rainbow; Bigfoot and Godzilla in Vineland and Inherent Vice; and preternatural dogs and mythical worms in Mason & Dixon and Against the Day. Through this exploration, Keita Hatooka illuminates how radically and imaginatively the legendary novelist depicts his empathy for nonhuman beings. Furthermore, by conducting a comparative study of Pynchon’s narratives and his contemporary documentarians and thinkers, Thomas Pynchon’s Animal Tales leads readers to draw great lessons from the fables, which stimulate our ecocritical thought for tomorrow.

Schlagworte

ecocriticism American literature Thomas Pynchon animal representations environmental humanities postmodernism

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Preface
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–12 Introduction 1–12
13–30 Who Caught the Blood of the Alligator? 13–30
31–46 The Dolphin Jumped over the Moon 31–46
47–64 What We Talk about When We Talk about Extinction 47–64
65–82 Who’s Afraid of the Big Badass? 65–82
83–102 Sonnets for a Multispecies Cradle 83–102
103–116 The Lady with the Alligator Purse 103–116
117–132 Conclusion 117–132
133–148 Bibliography 133–148
149–154 Index 149–154
155–156 About the Author 155–156

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