Angel and Rocket: Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and the Duino Elegies

The study analyzes Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow it in terms of Rilke's Duino Elegies, a text which was a major influence on Pynchon's novel.

Author: Charles Hohmann
Publisher: Books on Demand
Published: 08/05/2009
Pages: 162
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.35d
ISBN13: 9783839101445
ISBN10: 3839101441
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | General

About the Author
Born in Alexandria (Egypt) in 1947 Charles Hohmann studied English, French and Spanish languages and literatures at the universities of Fribourg, and the Universidad de Chile (Santiago), where he also held a post as a lecturer in Applied Linguistics for several years. From 1982 - 1986 he worked as an assistant for literary studies at the English department of the University of Zürich. 1987 he joined Unisys as an IT Instructor and became Educational Manager in that company in 1988. Since 1993 he teaches modern languages and computing at Institut Montana, Zugerberg (Switzerland).

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