Chance ​and the Modern British Novel 0 csillagozás

From Henry Green to Iris Murdoch
Julia Jordan: Chance and the Modern British Novel

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 gambling, and the uncertainty provoked by the Second World War.

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Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011
192 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 9781441110145

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