Introduction Pynchon: A Nobody and a Know-Body
Ⅰ. Pynchon Who Writes
Ⅱ. Pynchon Who Knows
Ⅲ. Reading Pynchon as a Postmodernist
Ⅳ. Approaching the World behind Pynchon's Fantasy
Chapter One History and Fantastic History
Ⅰ. Postmodernism, History and Pynchon's Historical Co ciousness
Ⅱ. International and Domestic Wa
Ⅲ. Colonialism
Ⅳ. Racism
Chapter Two Science of Innocence and Science of Experience
Ⅰ. Reco ideration of Newtonian Theory and Enlightenment
Ⅱ. Disaster of Science
Ⅲ. Science not Hopeless
Chapter Three Sex and Sexuality
Ⅰ. Redefinition of Sex
Ⅱ. Sex and Dominance
Ⅱ. Sex and Death
Ⅳ. Sexual Politics
Chapter Four Religion and Culture
Ⅰ. Reinterpretation of Christian Image
Ⅱ. Secularization of the Tra cendent
Ⅲ. Other Voices to Be Heard
Conclusion Pynchon Remaining in the Middle Ground
Appendix
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