Quirks of the Quantum : Postmodernism and Contemporary American Fiction

Quirks of the Quantum : Postmodernism and Contemporary American Fiction

Quirks of the Quantum : Postmodernism and Contemporary American Fiction

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Title: Quirks of the Quantum : Postmodernism and Contemporary American Fiction

Author: Coale, Samuel

Publisher: Charlottesville

Edition: ۱ edition

Langage: English

Format: eBook  True Pdf

Size: ۱ Mb

Year: ۲۰۱۲

ISBN: 0813932858

Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantum theorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In Quirks of the Quantum, Coale shows how the doubts, misgivings, and ambiguities reflected in the postmodern American novel have been influenced by the metaphors and models of quantum theory. Coale explains the basic facets of quantum theory in lay terms and then applies them to a selection of texts, including Don DeLillo’s Underworld, Joan Didion’s Democracy, and Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day. Using a new approach to literature and culture, this book aims to bridge the gap between science and the humanities by suggesting the many areas where they connect.

Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
۱٫ Deconstructing Quantum Theory: From Modernism to Postmodernism
۲٫ The Quantum Flux as/in Fiction
۳٫ Styles of Quantum Leaps
۴٫ Quantum Quandaries: Death and/of the Self
۵٫ Revelation of the Quantum Realm: Underworld and Against the Day
Epilogue: A Selection of Postmodern Critics
Works Cited
Index