Accident Society : Fiction, Collectivity, and the Production of Chance.

This book argues that language and literature actively produced chance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by categorizing injuries and losses as innocent of design. Automobile collisions and occupational injuries became "car accidents" and "industrial accidents."...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Puskar, Jason
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1800-1999
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Chance in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Realism in literature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Hasard dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
American fiction
Chance in literature
Literature and society
Realism in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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