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  1. Chance and the modern British novel
    from Henry Green to Iris Murdoch
    Erschienen: (c)2010
    Verlag:  Continuum, London

    Chance, and its representation in literature, has a long and problematic history. It is a vital aspect of the way we experience the world, and yet its function is frequently marginalised and downplayed. Offering a new reading of the development of... mehr

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    Chance, and its representation in literature, has a long and problematic history. It is a vital aspect of the way we experience the world, and yet its function is frequently marginalised and downplayed. Offering a new reading of the development of the novel during the mid-twentieth century, Jordan argues that this simple novelistic paradox became more pressing during a period in which chance became a cultural, scientific and literary preoccupation - through scientific developments such as quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle, the influence of existential philosophy, the growth of ga

     

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    Sprache: Englisch
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    ISBN: 9781441109712; 1441109714; 1282655019; 9781282655010
    Schriftenreihe: Continuum literary studies series
    Schlagworte: English fiction; Chance in literature; English fiction; Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Chance in literature; English fiction; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Umfang: Online Ressource (xii, 173 pages)
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  2. Chance and the modern British novel
    from Henry Green to Iris Murdoch
    Autor*in: Jordan, Julia
    Erschienen: c2010
    Verlag:  Continuum, London

    Chance, and its representation in literature, has a long and problematic history. It is a vital aspect of the way we experience the world, and yet its function is frequently marginalised and downplayed. Offering a new reading of the development of... mehr

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    Chance, and its representation in literature, has a long and problematic history. It is a vital aspect of the way we experience the world, and yet its function is frequently marginalised and downplayed. Offering a new reading of the development of the novel during the mid-twentieth century, Jordan argues that this simple novelistic paradox became more pressing during a period in which chance became a cultural, scientific and literary preoccupation - through scientific developments such as quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle, the influence of existential philosophy, the growth of ga

     

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    Sprache: Englisch
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    ISBN: 1282655019; 1441125310; 9781282655010; 9781441125316
    Schriftenreihe: Continuum literary studies
    Schlagworte: Chance in literature; English fiction; Chance in literature; Electronic books
    Umfang: Online-Ressource (xii, 173 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

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    Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One: A Fine Thing: A History of Chance; Chapter Two: 'Swear to tell me everything that goes wrong': Henry Green and Free Will in the Novel; Chapter Three: 'I admire the will to welcome everything - the stupid violence of chance': Samuel Beckett and the Representation of Possibility; Chapter Four: 'Let's Celebrate the Accidental': B. S. Johnson, the Aleatory and the Radical Generation; Chapter Five: 'The incomprehensible operation of grace': Mess, Contingency and the Example of Iris Murdoch; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;