Chaos imagined : literature, art, science /

Martin Meisel considers the long effort to conjure, depict, and rationalize extreme disorder, with all the passions, excitements, and compromises the act has provoked. He builds a rough history from major social, psychological, and cosmological turning points in the imagining of chaos, particularly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meisel, Martin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Literature and society.
Chaotic behavior in systems > Social aspects.
Arts and society.
Social change.
Chaotic behavior in systems in literature.
Literature and science.
Entropy in literature.
Littérature et société.
Chaos > Aspect social.
Arts et société.
Chaos dans la littérature.
Littérature et sciences.
Entropie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Martin Meisel considers the long effort to conjure, depict, and rationalize extreme disorder, with all the passions, excitements, and compromises the act has provoked. He builds a rough history from major social, psychological, and cosmological turning points in the imagining of chaos, particularly exploring the remarkable shift in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from conceiving of chaos as disruptive to celebrating its liberating and energizing potential.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 585 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231540469
0231540469

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