000455870 000__ 02687cam\a2200433Ia\4500 000455870 001__ 455870 000455870 005__ 20210513160609.0 000455870 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000455870 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000455870 008__ 130315s2012\\\\stk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000455870 020__ $$a9780748645169$$q(electronic book) 000455870 020__ $$z9780748645152 000455870 020__ $$z0748645152 000455870 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn795711421 000455870 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569469 000455870 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC1363977 000455870 035__ $$a455870 000455870 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000455870 05014 $$aPQ241$$b.L96 2012eb 000455870 08204 $$a840.9004$$223 000455870 1001_ $$aLyons, John D.,$$d1946- 000455870 24514 $$aThe phantom of chance$$h[electronic resource] :$$bfrom fortune to randomness in seventeenth-century French literature /$$cJohn D. Lyons. 000455870 260__ $$aEdinburgh :$$bEdinburgh University Press,$$c2012. 000455870 300__ $$a1 online resource (xx, 211 p.) 000455870 4901_ $$aEdinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture 000455870 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[199]-208) and index. 000455870 5050_ $$a1. Fortune, Mistress of Events: Corneille and the Poetics of Tragedy -- 2. God in a World of Chance: Pascal's Pensées and Provincial Letters -- 3. From Chance Events to Implausible Actions: Lafayette and the Novel -- 4. The God of Suspense: Bossuet's Providential History and Racine's Athalie -- 5. An Accidental World: La Bruyère's Characters. 000455870 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000455870 520__ $$a"Is chance nothing more than a projection of human desire on to the world? In this fascinating new study, John Lyons argues that the idea of chance assumed new vigour in the late Renaissance, when converging philosophical and literary currents demystified the powerful concept of Fortune, sensitizing writers to the relationship between human desire and the world's apparent randomness." [Publisher's description]. 000455870 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000455870 650_0 $$aFrench literature$$y17th century$$xHistory and criticism. 000455870 650_0 $$aFortune in literature. 000455870 650_0 $$aChance in literature. 000455870 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aLyons, John D., 1946-$$tPhantom of chance.$$dEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012$$z9780748645152$$w(DLC) 2011535930$$w(OCoLC)751795933 000455870 830_0 $$aEdinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture. 000455870 8520_ $$bacq 000455870 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000455870 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000455870 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1363977$$zOnline Access 000455870 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1363977$$zOnline Access 000455870 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:455870$$pGLOBAL_SET 000455870 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000455870 980__ $$aBIB 000455870 982__ $$aEbook 000455870 983__ $$aOnline