Modernism, fiction and mathematics
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
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
2018, [2018]©2018
|
| Series: | Edinburgh critical studies in modernist culture
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of 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
- Includes bibliographical references and index