Author : Charles Clerc
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Approaches to Gravity's Rainbow by : Charles Clerc
Download or read book Approaches to Gravity's Rainbow written by Charles Clerc and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with an introduction summarizing critical reaction to Pynchon's fiction and to Gravity's Rainbow in particular, this volume contains eight original essays exploring different aspects of the novel. Alan Friedman provides a guide to the novel's use of statistics and post-Newtonian physics and Khachig Toloyan examines Pynchon's use of history. Charles Cler explores the author's use of film; Joseph Slade discusses his treatment of religion, psychology, sex and love; Raymond Olderman discusses Pynchon's contrast of freak and straight world views; James Earl writes on Pynchon's opposition of rational and intuitive epistemologies in the novel; Charles Russell on Pynchon's portrayal of the limitations of the language systems and Roger Henkle on comedy. ISBN 0-8242-0337-X : $25.00.