Uncertain Chances : Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. [elektronicky zdroj]

Autor:	Lee, Maurice S.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Informace o vydání:	New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011.
Předmět:	American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Chance in literature Probability in literature Skepticism in literature Belief and doubt in literature Pragmatism in literature Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century Electronic books
Druh dokumentu:	Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document
Abstrakt:	Summary: Maurice Lee's study illustrates how writers such as Poe, Melville, Douglass, Thoreau, Dickinson, and others participated in a broad intellectual and cultural shift in which Americans increasingly learned to live with the threatening and wonderful possibilities of chance.
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