| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 188 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in modernist culture
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Edinburgh critical studies in modernist culture.
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| Contents |
1. Mathematics and Politics: Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day -- 2. Mathematics, Language, Structure: Hermann Broch, The Sleepwalkers -- 3. Mathematics, Epistemology, Ethics: Robert Musil, The Man without Qualities -- 4. Mathematics and Fiction: Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Contrasting mathematical fictions' from and about the heyday of mathematical modernism, this book relates literary engagements with mathematical modernism to the wider context of modernist critiques of Enlightenment values and postmodern reassessments of modernist patterns. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Modernism (Literature) -- History and criticism.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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Mathematics in literature.
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Mathematics in literature. |
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Mathematics and literature.
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Mathematics and literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9781474416245 (electronic book) |
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1474416241 (electronic book) |
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1474416233 |
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9781474416238 |
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