Mason and Dixon (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Pynchon
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Friendship, Dreams, Fantasy, Adventure, Paranoia
- Locales: England, Oceans, American colonies, Scotland, South Africa, St. Helena, Sumatra
Thomas Pynchon's Mason and Dixon is narrated by the Reverend Wicks Cherrycoke, whose protracted stay at his sister's home in Philadelphia depends upon his entertaining his two nephews, Pliny and Pitt. The entertainment consists of his account of the adventures of Mason and Dixon, the surveyors who created the line dividing Pennsylvania from Delaware and Maryland. Although he knew the two surveyors, he was not privy to all the information, factual and otherwise, with which he regales his audience. His embellished account is occasionally interrupted by the nephews and other...
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