In hmolscience, Peter Freese (1939-) is a German literature theorist noted, in literature thermodynamics, for his commentaries on the use of entropy and apocalypse in works of various authors, of those such as Bernard Malamud, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, William Gaddis, and Henry Adams.
Overview
In 1995, Freese, in his “Surviving the End: Apocalypse, Evolution, and Entropy in Bernard Malamud, Kurt Vonnegut, and Thomas Pynchon”, discussed the work of Thomas Pynchon. [1]
In 1997, Freese published From Apocalypse to Entropy and Beyond: the Second Law of Thermodynamics in Post-War American Fiction, a rather long tome on the use of thermodynamics in late 20th century American fiction. [2]
References
1. Freese, Peter. (1995). “Surviving the End: Apocalypse, Evolution, and Entropy in Bernard Malamud, Kurt Vonnegut, and Thomas Pynchon.” Critique, Vol. 36, 1995, 14 pgs.
2. Freese, Peter. (1997). From Apocalypse to Entropy and Beyond: the Second Law of Thermodynamics in Post-War American Fiction (605-pgs). Die Blaue Eule.
Further reading
● Freese, Peter. (2006). “From Apocalypse to the Entropic End: Thermodynamics, Computer Science, and Literature.” Paderborn Universitätsreden, Issue No. 100.
External links
● Freese, Peter – WorldCat Identities.
● Peter Freese (German → English) – Wikipedia.
