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Author	Meillassoux, Quentin, 1967-
Title	The number and the siren : a decipherment of Mallarmé's Coup de dés / Quentin Meillassoux ; translated by Robin Mackay.
Publication Info.	Faimouth, U.K. : Urbanomic ; New York, N.Y. : Sequence Press, 2012.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 9	841.09 M	IN LIBRARY

Description	298 pages ; 18 cm
Note	"Originally published in French as Le Nombre et la sirène © Librairie Arthème Fayard, 2011"--Title page verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction -- Part one: Encrypting the number. The poem ; The unique number ; The Aporia of Igitur ; The incomparable meter ; The vortex of the code ; 707 ; In sum ; Cosmopolis ; Provisional conclusion -- Part two: Fixing the infinite. An idle chance? ; Presentation, representation, diffusion ; Message in a bottle ; To be chance ; A quavering number? ; Clues ; The veiled letter ; The siren ; At a stroke ; Final remarks -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The poems. A throw of dice ; Toast/Salvation ; 'Beneath the oppressive cloud stilled--' ; Sonnet in -x -- Appendix 2: The count.
Subject	Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898. Coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard.
	French poetry -- History and criticism.
Added Author	Mackay, Robin (Philosopher), translator.
	Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898. Coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard.
Added Title	Nombre et la sirène. English
	Decipherment of Mallarmé's Coup de dés
ISBN	9780983216926
	0983216924

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