Chaos Theory and the Interpretation of Literary Texts The Case of Kurt Vonnegut

Name: Chaos Theory and the Interpretation of Literary Texts The Case of Kurt Vonnegut
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ISBN: 9780773485532

ISBN-10: 0773485538

ISBN-13: 9780773485532

Edition: 1997

Authors: Kevin A. Boon

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Presenting the principles articulated in chaos theory as rewarding methods for examining literature, this volume examines the shift from modernism to postmodernism, dating the transition to the bombing of Hiroshima.

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List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press, The
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Foreword
Nuclear-Utero
Boom!	p. 3
A Fixing Order	p. 9
Messy Freedom	p. 14
Mired in the Middle - Between Extremes	p. 17
Vonnegut - Exempla Gratis	p. 21
Only Chaos Can Make a Tree
Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions	p. 54
Mapping Phase Space: Strange Attractors and Fractals	p. 59
The Micro/Macro Connection	p. 66
Busy, Busy, Busy Archi-Texts
Son of a Son of a Master Builder	p. 77
Architectural Archetypes - Patterns in Print	p. 84
Bound by Boundaries, Marred by Margins, Opposed to Opposites	p. 93
"Order Out of Koze": Walls of Laws
Law Years: A Ruler is a Machine for Controlling Distance	p. 116
Messy Brains and Extra Nipples	p. 132
People in the Machine
Orderly Erections	p. 145
"Dis-," "Dat.," and the "Other"	p. 149
Affirm Chaos
Be Excellent to One Another	p. 157
Firemen and Hired Women	p. 165
Between Black and Black	p. 168
Sources
Glossary
Index
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