9780820415055

Broken Symmetries

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780820415055

Hardcover|9780820415055


Overview

This important study makes a convincing case for its thesis that the dramatic form of Shakespeare's plays corresponds to that of a natural system evolving to a more complex state while undergoing symmetry breaking. Drawing upon such key concepts of chaos theory as global agency and self-similarity, the book constructs a methodology which illuminates many problematic aspects of agency in the selected comedies, tragedies, and histories it examines. Each of these genres is shown to reflect the paradoxical dynamics of a chaotic system. This fresh «systems perspective» offers a serious challenge to the structuralist assumptions underlying many current literary approaches.

ISBN-13

9780820415055

ISBN-10

0820415057

Weight

1.01 Pounds

Dimensions

6.50 x 1.00 x 9.50 In

List Price

$38.95

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

214 pages

Publisher

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Published On

1992-03-01



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