The Maximalist Novel: From Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow to Roberto Bolano's 2666 (Paperback)

List of Figures Acknowledgements The Maximalist Novel Introduction. Maximalist Paradigms 1. "Art of Excess": The Systems Novel 2. "A Paradoxical Form": The Mega-Novel 3. "In the Eyes of the World": The Modern Epic Part One Chapter I. Length Chapter II. Encyclopedic Mode 1. An "Encyclopedic Novel"? 2. An Encyclopedic "Genre"? 3. The Encyclopedic Mode Chapter III. Dissonant Chorality 1. Chorality 2. Polyphony Minimalism/Maximalism Chapter IV. Diegetic Exuberance Chapter V. Completeness 1. Structural Practices of the Maximalist Novel 1.1 Circular Geometries 1.2 Temporal Architectures 1.3 Conceptual Structures 1.3.1 Leitmotiv 1.3.2 Myth 1.3.3 Intertextual Forms Chapter VI. Narratorial Omniscience Chapter VII. Paranoid Imagination Internal Dialectic. Chaos-Function/Cosmos-Function Part Two Chapter VIII. Intersemioticity Chapter IX. Ethical Commitment 1. "Chemically Troubled Times": Representing Addiction Chapter X. Hybrid Realism Bibliography Index