Quirks of the Quantum: Postmodernism and Contemporary American Fiction

by Samuel Coale

Book Overview

Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantum theorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In Quirks of the Quantum, Coale shows how the doubts, misgivings, and ambiguities reflected in the postmodern American novel have been influenced by the metaphors and models of quantum theory. Coale explains the basic facets of quantum theory in lay terms and then applies them to a selection of texts, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813932866
• ISBN13: 9780813932866
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"