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... successive works of altogether different kinds . Art's complex nonlinear systems are , it is argued , inherently chaotic and therefore at odds with comparatively linear critical , aesthetic , moralistic and ideological ideals of order ...
... successive works of altogether different kinds . Art's complex nonlinear systems are , it is argued , inherently chaotic and therefore at odds with comparatively linear critical , aesthetic , moralistic and ideological ideals of order ...
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... successive generations . Like Milton's epic , the most enduringly influential plays , novels and films ( frame by frame , scene by scene , character by character ) are themselves invariably more complex than their successive imita ...
... successive generations . Like Milton's epic , the most enduringly influential plays , novels and films ( frame by frame , scene by scene , character by character ) are themselves invariably more complex than their successive imita ...
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... successive artists and their fans who finally determine the trans- historical and extracurricular canons of art . Likewise in our own minds , the true distinction between an ephemerally enjoyed work ( of whatever kind ) and a work we ...
... successive artists and their fans who finally determine the trans- historical and extracurricular canons of art . Likewise in our own minds , the true distinction between an ephemerally enjoyed work ( of whatever kind ) and a work we ...
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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