New physics, old metaphysics: quantum and quotidian in Ian McEwan's The Child in Time
This article investigates McEwan's poignant figurative use of ideas from the New Physics, his testing of their availability to quotidian reality, and determines to what extent and with what results—wonder, illusion, dementia, psychosis—the protagonist's behaviour is affected by a quantum m...
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Universidad de Alicante
1997-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses |
| Online Access: | https://raei.ua.es/article/view/1997-n10-new-physics-old-metaphysics-quantum-and-quotidian-in-ian-mcewans-the-child-in-time |