Conceptual Mathematics and Literature: Toward a Deep Reading of Texts and Minds

By Yair Neuman

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004442367
• ISBN13: 9789004442368
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 188 Pages