Jordan, J;
(2015)
“What Arises from This?”: The Autostereogrammatical in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon.
Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction
, 56
(3)
pp. 270-283.
10.1080/00111619.2014.897932.
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Abstract
The figure of the autostereogram recurs with frequency in Mason & Dixon. It invokes a particular mode of seeing and provides a new model by which we might read the novel and its central preoccupations: bifocularity, layering, lines, haunting, and encryption. This essay argues that Pynchon’s text is thus informed by an autostereogrammatical paradox, promising secretion in depth, while simultaneously celebrating the opacity of the surface.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | “What Arises from This?”: The Autostereogrammatical in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00111619.2014.897932 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2014.897932 |
| Additional information: | © Julia Jordan This is an Open Access article. Non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, is permitted. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471408 |
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