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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jason Puskar |
ISBN: | 9780804775359 0804775354 |
OCLC Number: | 774135704 |
Description: | x, 269 s. : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction : writing the accident -- The insurance of the real : William Dean Howells -- Aimless battles : Stephen Crane -- Detecting "absolute chance" : Charles Peirce, Anna Katharine Green -- The feminization of chance : Edith Wharton, Crystal Eastman -- Performing the accident on purpose : Theodore Dreiser, James Cain. |
Responsibility: | Jason Puskar |
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"Accident Society is skillfully executed and makes important contributions to existing debates over the role of individual agency and moral responsibility in the age of incorporation leading up to the New Deal. Puskar uncovers original historical contexts to buttress new readings of crucial authors and texts." -- Maurice S. Lee "The value of Puskar's analysis lies in his ability to guide readers through the evolution of the production of chance in literature and the ways in which it ultimately fails to compel lasting systems of interdependence." -- Debbie Lelekis "The intellectual range of this book is staggering. Each chapter not only shifts the discourse about a particular literary text, finding hidden illuminations, but also radiates new possibilities for understanding the social, philosophical, and political coordinates that situate the texts. It is truly a brilliant book." -- Eric Wertheimer Read more...


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- American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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- Literature and society -- History -- 19th century.
- Literature and society -- History -- 20th century.
- American fiction.
- Literature and society.