Fiction refracts science : modernist writers from Proust to Borges / / Allen Thiher.
"Examines the relationship between science and the fiction developed by modernists, including Musil, Proust, Kafka, and Joyce. Looks at Pascalian and Newtonian cosmology, Darwinism, epistemology, relativity theory, quantum mechanics, the development of modernist and postmodern fiction, positivi...
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 297 p. |
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| Summary: | "Examines the relationship between science and the fiction developed by modernists, including Musil, Proust, Kafka, and Joyce. Looks at Pascalian and Newtonian cosmology, Darwinism, epistemology, relativity theory, quantum mechanics, the development of modernist and postmodern fiction, positivism, and finally works by Woolf, Faulkner, and Borges"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0826215807 (alk. paper) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Allen Thiher. |