Modernism, fiction and mathematics
Modernism in mathematics - this unusual notion turns out to provide a new perspective on central questions in and beyond literary modernism. Contrasting 'mathematical fictions' from and about the heyday of mathematical modernism, this text relates literary engagements with mathematical mod...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2019.
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| Colección: | Edinburgh critical studies in modernist culture.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740845206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION: ALL THAT COUNTS – MODERNISM, FICTION, MATHEMATICS
- 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
- CONCLUSION: MODERNISM, FICTION AND MATHEMATICS
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
