Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature /
The role of chance changed in the nineteenth century, and American literature changed with it. Long dismissed as a nominal concept, chance was increasingly treated as a natural force to be managed but never mastered. New theories of chance sparked religious and philosophical controversies while revo...
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
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2012
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