Course Hero. "Gravity's Rainbow Study Guide." Course Hero. 16 Mar. 2018. Web. 20 July 2018. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Gravitys-Rainbow/>.
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Overview
Author
Thomas Pynchon
Year Published
1973
Type
Novel
Genre
Comedy, Fiction
Perspective and Narrator
An omniscient narrator relates the events in Gravity's Rainbow. This narrative choice allows the author to provide a sprawling view of World War II (1939–45).
Tense
Gravity's Rainbow is told in the present and past tense.
About the Title
The title Gravity's Rainbow refers to the arc of the German V-2 rocket in flight. The Germans used the V-2 weapon during World War II. Fuel propels the V-2 rocket up and then gravity pulls it down, creating a curved path. The title compares the V-2 rocket's path made by the force of gravity to a rainbow.
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