Chaos Bound : Orderly Disorder in Contemporary Literature and Science /

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N. Katherine Hayles here investigates parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory and the science of chaos. She finds in both scientific and literary discourse new interpretations of chaos, which is seen no longer as disorder but as a locus of maximum information and complexity. Sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayles, N. Katherine, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Letterkunde.
Natuurkunde.
Chaos.
Literature, Modern.
Chaotic behavior in systems in literature.
SCIENCE > Chaotic Behavior in Systems.
Chaos dans la litterature.
Litterature > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:N. Katherine Hayles here investigates parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory and the science of chaos. She finds in both scientific and literary discourse new interpretations of chaos, which is seen no longer as disorder but as a locus of maximum information and complexity. She examines structures and themes of disorder in The Education of Henry Adams, Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook, and works by Stanislaw Lem. Hayles shows how the writings of poststructuralist theorists including Barthes, Lyotard, Derrida, Serres, and de Man incorporate central features of chaos theory.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781501722967
Access:Open Access

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