Uncertain chances: science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century american literature
Auteur :
Lee, Maurice S.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199797578
Date de publication :
19 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
16,3 x 23,9 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
592 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.