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... seem far more , not less , ' old - fashioned ' than the original . This too is characteristic of a complex classic : an updated , thoroughly modern ( ideologically or stylistically à la mode ) adaptation of it will in time seem a far ...
... seem far more , not less , ' old - fashioned ' than the original . This too is characteristic of a complex classic : an updated , thoroughly modern ( ideologically or stylistically à la mode ) adaptation of it will in time seem a far ...
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... seems to be magical ' , while ' it must come as a surprise to both mathematicians and artists to see this kind of cultural interac- tion . ' A satisfying spin - off from fractal pictures , Mandelbrot con- cludes , ' is that their ...
... seems to be magical ' , while ' it must come as a surprise to both mathematicians and artists to see this kind of cultural interac- tion . ' A satisfying spin - off from fractal pictures , Mandelbrot con- cludes , ' is that their ...
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... seems a very odd effect for a major tragedy to evoke . And in so far as the world left behind seems diminished by their absence , the loss seems the world's more than Antony's or Cleopatra's - they had what they wanted from life ...
... seems a very odd effect for a major tragedy to evoke . And in so far as the world left behind seems diminished by their absence , the loss seems the world's more than Antony's or Cleopatra's - they had what they wanted from life ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
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Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory Harriett Hawkins No preview available - 1995 |
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