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Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature /

The role of chance changed in the nineteenth century, and American literature changed with it. Long dismissed as a nominal concept, chance was increasingly treated as a natural force to be managed but never mastered. New theories of chance sparked religious and philosophical controversies while revo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, Maurice S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Probably Poe
  • Moby-Dick and the opposite of providence
  • Doubting if doubt itself be doubting: after Moby-Dick
  • Douglass's long run
  • Roughly Thoreau
  • Dickinson's precarious steps, surprising leaps, and bounds.