The Story Of 0 Prostitutes and Other Good-For-Nothings in the Renaissance |
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Author:
| Jaffe, Michele |
Series title: | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-83951-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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This work unfolds the idea of "nothing" out of a Titian painting of Danaë and the shower of gold. Jaffee offers a cultural history of the "cipher" zero as code and as nothing, as the absence of value and the place-holder constructing value. She traces the wide-ranging implications of "nothing"--not only in mathematics but also in literature.
This work unfolds the idea of "nothing" out of a Titian painting of Danaë and the shower of gold. Jaffee offers a cultural history of the "cipher" zero as code and as nothing, as the absence of value and the place-holder constructing value. She traces the wide-ranging implications of "nothing"--not only in mathematics but also in literature.