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Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as re-imagined by Thomas Pynchon, in an updated eighteenth-century novel featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, major caffeine abuse. We follow the mismatch'd pair - one rollicking, the other depressive; one Gothic, the other pre-Romantic - from their first journey together to the Cape of Good Hope, to pre-Revoluntionary America and back, through the strange yet redemptive turns of fortune in their later lives, on a grand tour of the Enlightenment's dark hemisphere, as they observe and participate in the many opportunities for insanity presented them by the Age of Reason. ... Read more

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Kathryn Hume's study of "Gravity's Rainbow" is not only a strong contribution to the field of Pynchon studies and contemporary fiction in general, but the best-researched book on Pynchon to date. - David CowartIn none of the 15 published books on Pynchon is the approach to "Gravity's Rainbow" as mythography developed with more than a fraction of the thoughtfulness, documentation and persuasiveness that we find here. Hume knows the text and the critical literature and synthesizes it well, making judicious and canny use of the material. - Khachig Tololyan(Taken from the inner jacket sleeves of Kathryn Hume's "Pynchon's Mythography - An Approach to Gravity's Rainbow") ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Appleton; Publication date: 1889; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / Literary; Literary Collections / General; Literary Collections / American / General; Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / American / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more