Against the Day: Influences PART 1

Explore the literary influences behind 'Against the Day' in PART 1 of this series. Discover the key books that shaped Pynchon's masterpiece and deepen your understanding of its rich intertextuality.

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Against the Day

by Thomas Pynchon

A tale spanning the years between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the end of World War I features characters who are caught up …
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The Princess Casamassima (Penguin Classics)

 

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The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells

Wells's genre-defining novel of time travel When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering …
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Anti-Oedipus

by Gilles Deleuze

An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface) When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some …
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One-Dimensional Man

by Herbert Marcuse

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, …
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Tesla

by Margaret Cheney

Called a madman by some, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was possibly the greatest inventor the world has …
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Men of mathematics

 

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