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- catalog abstract "In this study, chaos theory and quantum mechanics are employed as the basis for a clearer understanding of the often confusing contemporary theatre world. Examining numerous antecedents to contemporary thought on chaos and the cultural roots of the notion of chaos, William Demastes suggests links to playwrights ranging from Shakespeare and Ibsen to Tom Stoppard, Sam Shepard, and Tony Kushner. The author investigates parallel developments across the arts and sciences: connections between the dramatic naturalism of the late nineteenth century and Newtonian thought, for example, and theatre of the absurd and chaos theory. After centuries of isolation and increased specialization, Demastes contends, it may once again be time to consider the "arts" and "sciences" together and to acknowledge their interrelations. These intersections confirm that "orderly disorder" is displacing a far more rigid and less viable system of knowing our world, and ushering in a rich, varied, and forward-looking theory of existence for contemporary society.".
- catalog contributor b10448976.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "In this study, chaos theory and quantum mechanics are employed as the basis for a clearer understanding of the often confusing contemporary theatre world. Examining numerous antecedents to contemporary thought on chaos and the cultural roots of the notion of chaos, William Demastes suggests links to playwrights ranging from Shakespeare and Ibsen to Tom Stoppard, Sam Shepard, and Tony Kushner. The author investigates parallel developments across the arts and sciences: connections between the dramatic naturalism of the late nineteenth century and Newtonian thought, for example, and theatre of the absurd and chaos theory. After centuries of isolation and increased specialization, Demastes contends, it may once again be time to consider the "arts" and "sciences" together and to acknowledge their interrelations. These intersections confirm that "orderly disorder" is displacing a far more rigid and less viable system of knowing our world, and ushering in a rich, varied, and forward-looking theory of existence for contemporary society.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-184) and index.".
- catalog description "The new science metaphor and modern drama: a brief history of Western thought -- Quantam physics as metaphor: elliptical beginnings of the new paradigm -- Chaos and theatre: sensative dependence on intitial conditions -- Intuitive intersections: American drama contronts orderly discorder -- Theatre of chaos, past and future -- Chaos and cultural futures.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 190 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521582458".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "822.009/384 21".
- catalog subject "Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.".
- catalog subject "American drama History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "English drama History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science.".
- catalog subject "Order (Philosophy) in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR625 .D46 1998".
- catalog subject "Quantum chaos.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The new science metaphor and modern drama: a brief history of Western thought -- Quantam physics as metaphor: elliptical beginnings of the new paradigm -- Chaos and theatre: sensative dependence on intitial conditions -- Intuitive intersections: American drama contronts orderly discorder -- Theatre of chaos, past and future -- Chaos and cultural futures.".
- catalog title "Theatre of chaos : beyond absurdism, into orderly disorder / William W. Demastes.".
- catalog type "text".