Figures of Chance I: Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th–21st Centuries)

By: Anne Duprat and Anne-Gaëlle Weber and Fiona McIntosh-Varjabédian

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Synopsis: Figures of Chance I: Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th–21st Centuries) proposes a transhistorical analysis that will serve as a reference work on the evolution of literary and artistic representations of chance and contingency. Alongside its multidisciplinary companion volume (Figures of Chance II), it considers how the projective and predictive capacity of societies is shaped by representations and cultural models of a reality that is understood, to varying degrees, to be contingent, unpredictable, or chaotic. Giving special emphasis to the French context while also developing broad cross-cultural comparisons, this volume examines the dialogue between evolving conceptions and changing representations of chance, from Renaissance figures of Fortune to the data-driven world of the present. Written by recognized specialists of each of the periods studied, it identifies and historicizes the main fictional and factual modes of portraying, narrating, and comprehending chance in the West.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 448 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781003828808
Related ISBNs:: 9781003828754, 9781003329053, 9781032358628
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/27/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Anne Duprat, Fiona McIntosh-Varjabédian and Anne-Gaëlle Weber
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Anne Duprat
Edited by:: Fiona McIntosh Varjabédian
Edited by:: Anne-Gaëlle Weber