02114nam 2200493 450 991046119370332120200520144314.01-4438-8203-8(CKB)3710000000473554(EBL)4534743(MiAaPQ)EBC4534743(Au-PeEL)EBL4534743(CaPaEBR)ebr11215763(CaONFJC)MIL830964(OCoLC)921216990(EXLCZ)99371000000047355420160620h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierShapes of time in British twenty-first century quantum fiction /by Sonia FrontNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (180 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-8029-9 Includes bibliographical references.This book addresses the notion of time and temporality and its various conceptualizations in the theories of the new physics, utilized as a thematic and formal framework in the British novel of the twenty-first century. As the Newtonian conception of reality does not provide a reliable framework within which to situate human experience and generate meaning, fiction writers have recognized quantum mechanics as a potent source from which to draw in search of new metaphors. The quantum has become a part of the understanding of reality, and its concepts and assumptions have been absorbed into the English fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fictionElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.English fiction.823.9209Front Sonia991966MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461193703321Shapes of time in British twenty-first century quantum fiction2270315UNINA