Game theory and postwar American literature / Michael Wainwright.
2016
PS374.G34 W35 2016eb
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Concurrent users
Unlimited
Authorized users
Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied
Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks
Details
Title
Game theory and postwar American literature / Michael Wainwright.
Author
Wainwright, Michael, author.
ISBN
9781137601339 (electronic book)
1137601337 (electronic book)
9781137590541
1137590548
9781137601346 (e-pub)
1137601337 (electronic book)
9781137590541
1137590548
9781137601346 (e-pub)
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages)
Call Number
PS374.G34 W35 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.5409015193
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"This publication provides a detailed yet wide-ranging consideration of game-theoretic social dilemmas in immediate postwar American literature. The discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas, the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, as a means of interpreting works by Faulkner, McCoy, Kellogg, Bradbury, Capote, and Hansberry." --Provided by the publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
"This publication provides a detailed yet wide-ranging consideration of game-theoretic social dilemmas in immediate postwar American literature. The discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas, the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, as a means of interpreting works by Faulkner, McCoy, Kellogg, Bradbury, Capote, and Hansberry." --Provided by the publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form
Game theory and postwar American literature.
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
On Preliminary Matters
On Game Theory, the Art of Literature, and the Stag Hunt
On the Postwar Strategic Background, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and In Cold Blood
On Chicken in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
On Countercultural Chicken in Fahrenheit 451 and A Raisin in the Sun
On Coldblooded Chicken in In Cold Blood
On Called Bluff in Capote, Deadlock in Twain, and Bully in Faulkner.
On Game Theory, the Art of Literature, and the Stag Hunt
On the Postwar Strategic Background, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and In Cold Blood
On Chicken in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
On Countercultural Chicken in Fahrenheit 451 and A Raisin in the Sun
On Coldblooded Chicken in In Cold Blood
On Called Bluff in Capote, Deadlock in Twain, and Bully in Faulkner.