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Accident society fiction, collectivity, and the production of chance

Title
Accident society [electronic resource] : fiction, collectivity, and the production of chance / Jason Puskar.
Author
Puskar, Jason Robert.
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]

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Description
1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations, plans.
Uniform Title
Accident society (Online)
Alternative Title
Accident society (Online)
Subject
  • American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Chance in literature
  • Realism in literature
  • Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century
  • Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-260) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : writing the accident -- The insurance of the real : William Dean Howells -- Aimless battles : Stephen Crane -- Detecting "absolute chance" : Charles Peirce and Anna Katharine Green -- The feminization of chance : Edith Wharton and Crystal Eastman -- Performing the accident on purpose : Theodore Dreiser and James Cain.
LCCN
2011011483
OCLC
ssj0000631608
Author
Puskar, Jason Robert.
Title
Accident society [electronic resource] : fiction, collectivity, and the production of chance / Jason Puskar.
Imprint
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-260) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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