Literature, Language and Place

The way of conceiving and studying literature often starts from a closed and stable model. This view may have made sense in the 19th century, but it is no longer valid today. At present, understanding literary study as a combination of textual exegesis and hagiography does not explain why literature remains a socially and culturally relevant practice.

Literature, Language, and Place asks, using the principles of thermodynamics, what happens when these three elements converge in a world marked by speed and constant change.

Thermodynamics applied to literature.