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... popular modern fictions and classic works of English literature by Shakespeare and Milton . Its main literary concern is with the reasons why certain works sur- vive over the centuries in their own right as metaphorically or ...
... popular modern fictions and classic works of English literature by Shakespeare and Milton . Its main literary concern is with the reasons why certain works sur- vive over the centuries in their own right as metaphorically or ...
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... popular modern genres Clouds are not spheres , mountains are not cones , coastlines are not circles , and bark is not smooth , nor does lightning travel in a straight line . All of these natural structures have irregular shapes that are ...
... popular modern genres Clouds are not spheres , mountains are not cones , coastlines are not circles , and bark is not smooth , nor does lightning travel in a straight line . All of these natural structures have irregular shapes that are ...
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... popular examples . The remainder of this chapter will further develop previous arguments that chaos science offers new theoretical perspectives on the dynamic interaction between classic and popular art while simultaneously providing a ...
... popular examples . The remainder of this chapter will further develop previous arguments that chaos science offers new theoretical perspectives on the dynamic interaction between classic and popular art while simultaneously providing a ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
The butterfly effect and the apple effect | 40 |
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Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory Harriett Hawkins No preview available - 1995 |
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