Research Catalog

Title

Uncertain chances [electronic resource] : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / Maurice S. Lee.

Author

Lee, Maurice S.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (x, 239 p.)

Uniform Title

Uncertain chances (Online)

Alternative Title

Uncertain chances (Online)

Subject

• 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
• Christianity and literature > United States > History > 19th century
• United States > Intellectual life > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2011002599

OCLC

ssj0000571387

Author

Lee, Maurice S.

Title

Uncertain chances [electronic resource] : 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.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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