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The phantom of chance : from fortune to randomness in seventeenth-century French literature /
Provides a new account of the crucial shift from the classical and medieval conception of Fortune to the modern notion of chance or randomness.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Fortune, Mistress of Events: Corneille and the Poetics of Tragedy
- 2. God in a World of Chance: Pascal's Pensees and Provincial Letters
- 3. From Chance Events to Implausible Actions: Lafayette and the Novel
- 4. The God of Suspense: Bossuet's Providential History and Racine's Athalie
- 5. An Accidental World: La Bruyere's Characters.