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Article: A tale told by Stevie: from thermodynamic to informational entropy in The Secret Agent.(Critical Essay)
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- Conradiana
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- March 22, 2004
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A silence fell; but what with the two gas-jets over the table and the glowing grate the little parlour behind Mr. Verloc's shop had become frightfully hot. Mr. Verloc ... opened the door leading into the kitchen to get more air, and thus disclosed the innocent Stevie, ... drawing circles, circles, circles; innumerable circles, concentric, eccentric; a coruscating whirl of circles that by their tangled multitude of repeated curves, uniformity of form, and confusion of intersecting lines suggested a rendering of cosmic chaos, the symbolism of a mad art attempting the inconceivable.... Alexander Ossipon got up ... to look over Stevie's shoulder. He came back, pronouncing ...