Wainwright Game Theory and Postwar American Literature

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-60133-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 265 Seiten, eBook

If game theory, the mathematical simulation of rational decision-making first axiomatically established by the Hungarian-born American mathematician John von Neumann, is to prove worthy of literary hermeneutics, then critics must be able to apply its models to texts written without a working knowledge of von Neumann's discipline in mind. Reading such iconic novels as Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye from the perspective of the four most frequently encountered coordination problems - the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, Game Theory and Postwar American Literature illustrates the significant contribution of mathematical models to literary interpretation. The interdisciplinary approach of this book contributes to an understanding of the historical, political, and social contexts that surround the texts produced in the post-Cold War years, as well as providing a comprehensive model of joining game theory and literary criticism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wainwright, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. On Preliminary Matters 2. On Game Theory, the Art of Literature, and the Stag Hunt 3. On the Postwar Strategic Background, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and In Cold Blood 4. On Chicken in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 5. On Countercultural Chicken in Fahrenheit 451 and A Raisin in the Sun 6. On Coldblooded Chicken in In Cold Blood 7. On Called Bluff in Capote, Deadlock in Twain, and Bully in Faulkner Works Cited Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Wainwright is Associate Lecturer of English and Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.