Abstract
Criticism on <em>Gravity's Rainbow </em>has wavered between seeing the novel as a heterogeneous sprawl that defies totalizing interpretation and a paranoid vision in which, as the narrator claims, "everything is connected." Through its astute detective work on the novel's chronology, Steven Weisenburger's A Gravity's Rainbow <em>Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon's Novel </em>strengthens the claim for connection. In line-by-line annotations, Weisenburger explores the conjunctions among the Christian liturgical calendar, ancient rituals, and historical events that, he argues, structure the narrative and give it a mandala-like shape. The argument for this structure is one of the <em>Companion's </em>major contributions. Another is the extensive research tracking allusions and references to Pynchon's source materials, particularly the London <em>Times </em>from 1943-45 and various technical and historical texts.
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