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ISBN: PB: 9783035802320

University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes

May 2020

448 pp.

21.5x13.3 cm

18 halftones

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£32,00
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Pynchon's Sound of Music

"Pynchon's Sound of Music" is dedicated to cataloging, exploring, and interpreting the manifold manifestations of music in Thomas Pynchon's work. An original mix of close and distant readings, this monograph employs a variety of disciplines – from literary studies and musicology to philosophy, media theory, and history – to explain Pynchon through music and music through Pynchon. Encyclopedic and eclectic in its approach, "Pynchon's Sound of Music" discusses the author's use of instruments such as the kazoo, harmonica, and saxophone and embarks on close readings of the most salient and musically tantalizing passages. Zooming out to a bird's eye view, Christian Hنnggi puts Pynchon's historical musical references and allusions into perspective to trace the trends and tendencies in the development of the author's interest in music. A treasure trove for fans and an invaluable source for future scholarship, this book includes the Pynchon Playlist, a catalog of over 900 musical references in Pynchon's oeuvre, and an exhaustive index of more than 700 appearances of musical instruments.

About the Author

Christian Hنnggi is the author of "Hospitality in the Age of Media Representation". As an amateur musician, he plays the saxophone in several bands and orchestras and is the producer of an album with interpretations of songs by Thomas Pynchon.