2018: Special Issue 2: Narrative and Calculating
The contributions in the special issue are intended as an attempt to explore a context that has thus far received remarkably little attention. Using examples from the 13th to the 17th century, from texts for school use to poetry, and based on both mathematics and literary narrative itself, these studies shed light on relationships between narration and arithmetic, leading to the question of whether the connection between narrative as ‘recounting’ and arithmetic could possibly be regarded as a paradigm of historical narratology. Initial impressions are thus given of the variety of points of departure that a discussion could and should have in this context, as well as impulses for furthering such debate.
Published:
2018-08-16
