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Pynchon

Pynchon

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An American writer of complex novels about modern society and technology
  • proper noun
  • /ˈpɪnʧən/
: Pynchon
  • Many readers find Thomas Pynchon's novels challenging due to their complex narratives.
  • Thomas Pynchon
  • Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow
  • Pynchon's Gravity

Examples

  • Thomas Pynchon is regarded as a significant voice in postmodern literature.

  • Critics often discuss the themes of technology and society in Pynchon's works.

  • Who ever cared enough about anything Thomas Pynchon wrote to want to threaten his life?

    Academic text (1998)

  • I want you to think about what kind of protagonist Pynchon sends out into this world.

  • Such is the mandate, too, of the recent Pynchon scholarship on sentimentality.

    Academic text (2017)

  • If you were very avant-garde, you might study more recent writers, too: Pynchon and Vonnegut, perhaps.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Nevertheless, and in spite of its dependence on Pynchon, Springfield kept growing rapidly.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We read Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, John Barth, and Thomas Pynchon, among others.

    Fiction book (1991)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Pynchon is an old English 'family name' that probably began as a place name or a personal name long ago. Today, Pynchon is best known as the surname of the novelist Thomas Pynchon, so the name points to that author.