Bandwidth as metaphor for consciousness in Pynchon's 'Gravity's Rainbow.' (The Literary Uses of the Rhetoric of Science)

Bandwidth as metaphor for consciousness in Pynchon's 'Gravity's Rainbow.' (The Literary Uses of the Rhetoric of Science)

The concept of "bandwidth" is examined as it appears in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Gravity's Rainbow." Pynchon embeds this concept from information theory as a trope into the texture of the novel.

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in the literary imagination 1989-04, Vol.22 (1), p.101
1. Verfasser: Schachterle, Lance
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
American literature
Criticism and interpretation
Information theory
Literary criticism
Literature and technology
Metaphor
Novels
Pynchon, Thomas
Science
Science in literature
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Zusammenfassung:The concept of "bandwidth" is examined as it appears in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Gravity's Rainbow." Pynchon embeds this concept from information theory as a trope into the texture of the novel.
ISSN:0039-3819
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