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110125s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2011002599 |
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
National bibliography number |
GBB1B5510 |
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bnb |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780199797578 |
Qualifying information |
(hardcover ; |
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alk. paper) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0199797579 |
Qualifying information |
(hardcover ; |
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alk. paper) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780199985814 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0199985812 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)700468415 |
Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)756279174 |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
PS217.C46 |
Item number |
L44 2012 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
810.9/384 |
Edition information |
22 |
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
Classification number |
810.9384 |
Item number |
L479u |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Lee, Maurice S. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Uncertain chances : |
Remainder of title |
science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Maurice S. Lee. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2012. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
x, 239 pages ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content type term |
text |
Content type code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Probably Poe -- Moby-Dick and the opposite of providence -- Doubting if doubt itself be doubting: after Moby-Dick -- Douglass's long run -- Roughly Thoreau -- Dickinson's precarious steps, surprising leaps, and bounds. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"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 revolutionizing the sciences as probabilistic methods spread from mathematics, economics, and sociology to physics and evolutionary biology. Chance also became more visible in everyday life, as Americans attempted to control its power through weather forecasting, insurance policies, military strategy, and financial dealings. Uncertain Chances shows how the rise of chance shaped the way nineteenth-century American writers confronted questions of doubt and belief. Poe's detective fiction critiques probabilistic methods; Melville's works struggle to vindicate moral action under conditions of chance; Douglass and other African American authors fight against statistical racism; Thoreau learns to appreciate the play between nature's randomness and order; and Dickinson works faithfully to render poetically the affective experience of chance--surprise. These and other nineteenth-century writers dramatize the inescapable dangers and wonderful possibilities of chance. Their writings even help to navigate extremes that remain with us today--fundamentalism and relativism, determinism and chaos, terrorism and risk-management, the rational confidence of the Enlightenment and the debilitating doubts of modernity."--Jacket. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
American literature |
Chronological subdivision |
19th century |
General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Chance in literature. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Probability in literature. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Skepticism in literature. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Belief and doubt in literature. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Pragmatism in literature. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
United States |
General subdivision |
Intellectual life |
Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Literature and science |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History |
Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Christianity and literature |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History |
Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
American literature. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00807113 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Belief and doubt in literature. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00830132 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Chance in literature. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00852035 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Christianity and literature. |
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fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00859681 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Intellectual life. |
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fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst00975769 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Literature and science. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01000093 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Pragmatism in literature. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01074584 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Probability in literature. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01896126 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Skepticism in literature. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01119945 |
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
United States. |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01204155 |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Glaube (Motiv) |
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(DE-588)4157483-7 |
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gnd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Literatur. |
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(DE-588)4035964-5 |
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gnd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Naturwissenschaften. |
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(DE-588)4041421-8 |
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gnd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Skeptizismus (Motiv) |
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(DE-588)4332735-7 |
Source of heading or term |
gnd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Wahrscheinlichkeit (Motiv) |
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(DE-588)4188955-1 |
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gnd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Zweifel (Motiv) |
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(DE-588)4298202-9 |
Source of heading or term |
gnd |
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
USA. |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(DE-588)4078704-7 |
Source of heading or term |
gnd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Glaube (Motiv) |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(DE-588c)4157483-7 |
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swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Literatur. |
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(DE-588c)4035964-5 |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
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Naturwissenschaften. |
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(DE-588c)4041421-8 |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Skeptizismus (Motiv) |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(DE-588c)4332735-7 |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Wahrscheinlichkeit (Motiv) |
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(DE-588c)4188955-1 |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Zweifel (Motiv) |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(DE-588c)4298202-9 |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
USA. |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(DE-588c)4078704-7 |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Amerikansk litteratur |
General subdivision |
historia |
Chronological subdivision |
1800-talet. |
Source of heading or term |
sao |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Skepticism i litteraturen. |
Source of heading or term |
sao |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Litteratur och vetenskap |
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historia |
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1800-talet. |
Source of heading or term |
sao |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Kristendom och litteratur |
General subdivision |
historia |
Geographic subdivision |
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Chronological subdivision |
1800-talet. |
Source of heading or term |
sao |
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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General subdivision |
intellektuellt liv |
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historia |
Chronological subdivision |
1800-talet. |
Source of heading or term |
sao |
648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
Chronological term |
Geschichte 1800-1900. |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
648 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
Chronological term |
Geschichte 1800-1900. |
648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
Chronological term |
1800-1899 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
Genre/form data or focus term |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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fast |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01411635 |
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
Genre/form data or focus term |
History. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01411628 |
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