Accident society : fiction, collectivity, and the production of chance /

Arguing that language and literature actively produced chance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by categorising injuries and losses as innocent of design, this book reveals the extent to which American collectivity has depended on the literary production of chance.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Puskar, Jason Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1800-1999
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Chance in literature.
Realism in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Hasard dans la littérature.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
American fiction.
Literature and society.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : writing the accident
  • The insurance of the real : William Dean Howells
  • Aimless battles : Stephen Crane
  • Detecting "absolute chance" : Charles Peirce, Anna Katharine Green
  • The feminization of chance : Edith Wharton, Crystal Eastman
  • Performing the accident on purpose : Theodore Dreiser, James Cain.

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