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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.
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Michael Wainwright is Associate Lecturer of English and Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
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Book Title: Game Theory and Postwar American Literature
Authors: Michael Wainwright
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-60133-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59054-1Published: 10 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-88811-5Due: 06 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60133-9Published: 14 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 265
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, Political Science, Literature, general, Fiction, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Game Theory