| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 280 pages) |
| Series |
Latin American and Caribbean series ; 10 |
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Latin American and Caribbean series ; 10.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Countering postmodern apocalypticism -- 1. The science of literary evolution: between Romanticism and formalism -- 2. Allegories of reading in an age of immanence and uncertainty -- 3. Mathematics and creativity -- 4. Machines, metaphors, and multiplicity: creativity beyond the individual -- Conclusion: literature and science, neither one culture nor two |
| Summary |
With a burgeoning academic interest in Latin American science fiction and cyberfiction and in representations of science and technology in Latin American literature and cinema, this book adds new understanding to the growing body of interdisciplinary work on the relationship between literature and science in postmodern culture. Joanna Page examines how contemporary fiction and literary theory in Argentina consistently employ theories and models from mathematics and science to probe the nature of innovation and evolution in literature. Theories of incompleteness, uncertainty, and chaos are often |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Piglia, Ricardo
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Martínez, Guillermo, 1962-
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| SUBJECT |
Cohen, Marcelo fast |
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Martínez, Guillermo, 1962- fast |
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Piglia, Ricardo fast |
| Subject |
Mathematics in literature.
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Science in literature.
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Technology in literature.
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Argentine fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Argentine literature -- Themes, motives
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Formalism (Literature)
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Mathematics in literature
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Romanticism
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Science in literature
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Technology in literature
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Kreativität Motiv
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Literatur
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Naturwissenschaften Motiv
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Spanisch
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Wissenschaft Motiv
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Argentinsk litteratur -- historia.
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Vetenskap i litteraturen.
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Kreativitet i litteraturen.
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| SUBJECT |
Argentina -- Romanticism
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Argentina -- Formalism
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| Subject |
Argentina
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Argentinien
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Argentinië
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Page, Joanna, editor
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| ISBN |
1552387704 |
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9781552387719 |
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1552387712 |
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9781552387726 |
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1552387720 |
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9781552387733 |
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1552387739 |
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9781552387702 |
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