The phantom of chance [electronic resource] : from fortune to randomness in seventeenth-century French literature / John D. Lyons.
Lyons, John D., 1946-
2012
PQ241 .L96 2012eb
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Title The phantom of chance [electronic resource] : from fortune to randomness in seventeenth-century French literature / John D. Lyons.
Author Lyons, John D., 1946-
ISBN 9780748645169 (electronic book)
9780748645152
0748645152
Publication Details Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xx, 211 p.)
Call Number PQ241 .L96 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 840.9004
Summary "Is chance nothing more than a projection of human desire on to the world? In this fascinating new study, John Lyons argues that the idea of chance assumed new vigour in the late Renaissance, when converging philosophical and literary currents demystified the powerful concept of Fortune, sensitizing writers to the relationship between human desire and the world's apparent randomness." [Publisher's description].
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p.[199]-208) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
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