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- Title
The art of the acronym in Thomas Pynchon.
- Authors
Putz, Manfred
- Abstract
Explores the use of acronyms in the novels of Thomas Pynchon. Stage of development where playing with acronyms is turned into literary art with sophisticated functions and effects; Tendency towards growing disagreement on definitions; Tradition in the use of abbreviations; Parodistic dimension of acronyms in Pynchon's fiction; Playfulness in the creation of acronyms.
- Subjects
ACRONYMS; PYNCHON, Thomas, 1937-; CRITICISM
- Publication
Studies in the Novel, 1991, Vol 23, Issue 3, p371
- ISSN
0039-3827
- Publication type
Literary Criticism