Shapes of time in British twenty-first century quantum fiction / by Sonia Front.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Front, Sonia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Shape One

Shape Two

Shape Three

Shape Four

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8203-8

OCLC:

921216990