Chaos Bound: Orderly Disorder in Contemporary Literature and Science
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 1990
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781501722967
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780801497018, 9781501722950, 9781501727924, 9780801422621
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/16/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Cornell University
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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