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Remapping reality : chaos and creativity in science and literature (Goethe, Nietzsche, Grass) / John A. McCarthy.

Title
Remapping reality : chaos and creativity in science and literature (Goethe, Nietzsche, Grass) / John A. McCarthy.
Author
McCarthy, John A. (John Aloysius), 1942-
Publication
Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.

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Description
373 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; 97
Uniform Title
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 97.
Subject
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
  • Grass, Günter, 1927-2015
  • Literature and science
  • Chaotic behavior in systems in literature
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-359) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : getting to the bottom of things -- Ch. 1. From matter to mind : revolutions real and conceptual -- Ch. 2. Imitating nature -- gaining the right perspective -- Ch. 3. Grounding creativity : Nietzsche and the new universe -- Ch. 4. Aden's aftermath : the nature of evil -- Ch. 5. "A highly complex matter" : the spirit of the Earth, evil, and creativity in Faust -- Ch. 6. Zarathustra -- life on Earth -- Ch. 7. Tin Drum : myth and reality, or the eternal return -- Epilogue : emergence, horizons, continuance.
ISBN
9042018186 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 63197221
  • SCSB-12682324
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library