Thomas Pynchon and the Dark Passages of History

Thomas Pynchon and the Dark Passages of History

Because Pynchon is a self-proclaimed Luddite, we should recall that the followers of King Ludd were textile craftsmen who opposed the introduction of the industrial looms that concentrated wealth in the hands of the factory owners and oppressed the working class. Pynchon's historical fictions g...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in the novel 2013, Vol.45 (4), p.709-711
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