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: | 978-0-674-83950-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00USD $42.00 |
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.