Shapes of time in British twenty-first century quantum fiction / / by Sonia Front
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Front Sonia
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Shapes of time in British twenty-first century quantum fiction / / by Sonia Front
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823.9209 |
| Soggetto topico: | English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| English fiction | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Shapes of time in British twenty-first century quantum fiction |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-8203-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461193703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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