Chronoschisms (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521554862)

In Chronoschisms Ursula Heise explores the way developments in communication and information technology have led to the emergence of a new culture of time in Western societies. Drawing on theories of postmodernism and narratology, she shows how postmodern narratives break up the concept of plot into a spectrum of contradictory story lines that allow new conceptions of history and posthistory to emerge. This wide-ranging study offers new readings of postmodernist theory and fresh insight into the often vexing relationship between literature and science.

Author: Ursula K. Heise
ISBN-10: 0521554861
ISBN-13: 9780521554862
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/28/1997
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d