Beautiful Chaos: Chaos Theory and Metachaotics in Recent American Fiction

Beautiful Chaos

Chaos Theory and Metachaotics in Recent American Fiction

2000 • 242 pages

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While this is a good scholarly review of Chaos Theory as it applies to contemporary American Fiction, it leans very heavily on Postmodern Fiction and ignores the more recent “Hysterical Reality” movement. If you know nothing about Chaos Theory, be sure to read [b:Chaos: The Making of a New Science 64582 Chaos The Making of a New Science James Gleick http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327941595s/64582.jpg 62690] by [a:James Gleick 10401 James Gleick http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1304671926p2/10401.jpg] first to get a proper introduction to the basics. It also helps if you've read books by Don Delillo, Barth and Cormac McCarthy

April 11, 2013