Häftad, Engelska, 2027
Phantom of Chance
From Fortune to Randomness in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Av John D Lyons
Del i serien Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture
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Is chance nothing more than a projection of human desire on to the world?In this fascinating new study, John Lyons argues that the idea of chance assumed new vigour in the late Renaissance, when converging philosophical and literary currents demystified the powerful concept of Fortune, sensitizing writers to the relationship between human desire and the world’s apparent randomness.Up to now, the story of chance has been written by historians of mathematical thought and has focused on calculation, probability and gambling. Lyons, by contrast, highlights the ethical, aesthetic and even erotic aspects of chance. He offers detailed readings of the works of major French authors - Montaigne, Corneille, Lafayette, Scudéry, Pascal, Racine, Bossuet, and La Bruyère.
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- Utgivningsdatum: 2027-02-28
- Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture
- Antal sidor: 240
- Förlag: Edinburgh University Press
- ISBN: 9781399574945
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John D. Lyons is Commonwealth Professor of French at the University of Virginia. He is the author or editor of 13 books including: Exemplum: The Rhetoric of Example in Early Modern France and Italy (Princeton University Press, 1989), Kingdom of Disorder. The Theory of Tragedy in Seventeenth-Century France (Purdue University Press, 1999), Before Imagination. Embodied Thought From Montaigne to Rousseau (Stanford University Press, 2005) and French Literature. A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010).
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