Pynchon Nods: Proust in Gravity’s Rainbow

This paper argues that Pynchon may allude to Marcel Proust through the character Marcel in Part 4 of Gravity's Rainbow and, if so, what that could mean. I trace the textual clues that relate to Proust and analyze what Pynchon may be saying about a fellow great experimental writer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erik Ketzan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2012-07-01
Series:Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon
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Online Access:https://www.pynchon.net/owap/article/view/30