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Chance and the modern British novel : from Henry Green to Iris Murdoch /
Chance, and its representation in literature, has a long and problematic history. It is a vital aspect of the way we experience the world, and yet its function is frequently marginalised and downplayed. Offering a new reading of the development of the novel during the mid-twentieth century, Jordan a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Continuum literary studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Chance, and its representation in literature, has a long and problematic history. It is a vital aspect of the way we experience the world, and yet its function is frequently marginalised and downplayed. Offering a new reading of the development of the novel during the mid-twentieth century, Jordan argues that this simple novelistic paradox became more pressing during a period in which chance became a cultural, scientific and literary preoccupation - through scientific developments such as quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle, the influence of existential philosophy, the growth of ga. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 173 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441109712 1441109714 1282655019 9781282655010 1472542304 9781472542304 9786612655012 6612655011 |