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Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature
- Title
- Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / Maurice S. Lee.
- Author
- Lee, Maurice S.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 239 p.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- United States > Intellectual life > 19th century
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Pragmatism in literature
- Literature and science > United States > History > 19th century
- Skepticism in literature
- Probability in literature
- Christianity and literature > United States > History > 19th century
- Chance in literature
- Belief and doubt in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Probably Poe -- Moby-Dick and the opposite of providence -- Doubting if doubt itself be doubting: after Moby-Dick -- Douglass's long run -- Roughly Thoreau -- Dickinson's precarious steps, surprising leaps, and bounds.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-1585
- ISBN
- 9780199797578 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0199797579 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011002599
- OCLC
- YBP 2011002599
- Author
- Lee, Maurice S.
- Title
- Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / Maurice S. Lee.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-1585