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- catalog abstract "This study approaches the use of mathematics in fiction in an entirely new way, as a potent instrument of language. Following Wittgenstein's description of mathematical constructs as a component of ordinary language, Fisher shows how number, geometric figuration, algebraic coding, and transcendent abstractions have been made to function as practical narrative tools. Far from rehearsing the various paradigms of numerology, whether Pythagorean, Elizabethan, or Cabalistic, this book explores the tactical deployment of mathematical objects as shaping and framing agents. It reveals how mathematical objects may be subordinated to the storyteller's art.".
- catalog contributor b10567854.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.150-168) and index.".
- catalog description "The telltale figure -- Zero reason, infinite need -- The mathematics of pandaemonium -- Jamesian geometry -- Borges: "Algebra and fire" -- "Ten minutes for seven letters": Beloved.".
- catalog description "This study approaches the use of mathematics in fiction in an entirely new way, as a potent instrument of language. Following Wittgenstein's description of mathematical constructs as a component of ordinary language, Fisher shows how number, geometric figuration, algebraic coding, and transcendent abstractions have been made to function as practical narrative tools. Far from rehearsing the various paradigms of numerology, whether Pythagorean, Elizabethan, or Cabalistic, this book explores the tactical deployment of mathematical objects as shaping and framing agents. It reveals how mathematical objects may be subordinated to the storyteller's art.".
- catalog extent "168, p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Noble numbers, subtle words.".
- catalog identifier "083863740X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Noble numbers, subtle words.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,".
- catalog relation "Noble numbers, subtle words.".
- catalog subject "809/.93356 21".
- catalog subject "Literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics in literature.".
- catalog subject "Numbers in literature.".
- catalog subject "PN56.N86 F57 1997".
- catalog subject "Symbolism of numbers in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The telltale figure -- Zero reason, infinite need -- The mathematics of pandaemonium -- Jamesian geometry -- Borges: "Algebra and fire" -- "Ten minutes for seven letters": Beloved.".
- catalog title "Noble numbers, subtle words : the art of mathematics in the science of storytelling / Barbara M. Fisher.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".