The old practices of interpretation have been exhausted, and the humanities and social sciences are facing a crisis. Is there a way out of the labyrinth of reading? In this book, Professor Neuman presents a challenging approach to interpreting texts and reading literature through the spectacles of conceptual mathematics. This approach strives to avoid the simplicity of a quantitative approach to the analysis of literature as well as both the relativistic and the ideological dangers facing a qualitative reading of a text. The approach is introduced in a rigorous and accessible manner and woven with insights gained from various fields. Taking us on a challenging journey from Ovid's Metamorphoses to Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munro, the book shows how we may gain a deeper understanding of literature and the aesthetic experience of reading.
- ISBN10 9004442367
- ISBN13 9789004442368
- Publish Date 23 December 2020 (first published 15 December 2020)
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Language English