CRITICISM

Henkle, Roger B. “The Morning and the Evening Funnies: Comedy in Gravity's Rainbow.” In Approaches to Gravity's Rainbow, edited by Charles Clerc, pp. 273-90. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1983.

Traces the progression of Pynchon's comedic technique throughout Gravity's Rainbow, analyzing the various ways Pynchon transforms serious fears into comic play.

Noya, Jose Liste. “Mapping the ‘Unmappable’: Inhabiting the Fantastic Interface of Gravity's Rainbow.” Studies in the Novel 29, no. 4 (winter 1997): 512-37.

Explication of how Gravity's Rainbow represents a “fantastic real,” demonstrating how Pynchon play on the conventions of literary representation.

Siegel, Mark Richard. “Narrative Point of View.” In Pynchon: Creative Paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow, pp. 20-43. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1978.

Focuses on the elements of realism, allegory, and cinematic narrative technique in Gravity's Rainbow.

Additional coverage of Pynchon's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: American Writers Supplement, Vol. 2; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 3; Bestsellers, Vol. 90:2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 17-20R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 22, 46, 73; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 33, 62, 72, 123; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; Contemporary Popular Writers, Ed. 1; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 173; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors, Novelists, Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, Ed. 4; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 14; Twayne's United States Authors; and World Literature Criticism.