
UNCERTAIN CHANCES |
Subtitle:
Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
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Book Category:
Literary Collections > American > General
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Author:
Maurice S. Lee
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 10:
0199797579
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ISBN 13:
9780199797578
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Price:
USD 65.00
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Publication Year:
2011
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Publisher Info
Oxford University Press. InquiryBook Description
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.
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