Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France

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Summary In the Renaissance and early modern periods, there were lively controversies over why things happen. Central to these debates was the troubling idea that things could simply happen by chance. In France, a major terrain of this intellectual debate, the chance hypothesis engaged writers coming from many different horizons: This volume is the first in English to offer a broad cultural and literary view of the field of chance in this period. The essays, by a distinguished team of scholars from the U.

Convincing and authoritative, this collection articulates a new and rich perspective on the culture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France. Author s Bio John D. Reviews 'Books as good as this one always leave you wanting more It is to be hoped that others will now seize the opportunities offered by this rich and fascinating volume. The Bookshelf application offers access: Separate different tags with a comma.

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Other Authors Lyons, John D. Subjects French literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism. French literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism.

France -- Intellectual history -- 16th century. France -- Intellectual history -- 17th century. Early-modern chaos and the chance hypothesis 1. Chance and errors of nature: Toward a poetics of adventure: Cardinal de Retz's Memoirs: