Of evolution, information, vitalism and entropy: reflections of the history of science and epistemology in the works of Balzac, Zola, Queneau, and Houellebecq
This dissertation proposes the application of rarely-used epistemological and scientific lenses to the works of four authors spanning two centuries: Honoré de Balzac, Émile Zola, Raymond Queneau, and Michel Houellebecq. Each of these novelists engaged closely with questions of science and epistemolo...
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/20719 |