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Figures of Chance I

Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th-21st Centuries). Sprachen: Englisch. 23,5 cm / 15,7 cm / 2,9 cm ( B/H/T )

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458 Seiten

März 2024

Routledge

Figures of Chance I: Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th-21st Centuries) proposes a multidisciplinary analysis that will serve as a reference work on cultural phenomena related to the evolution of representations of chance and contingency.

Anne Duprat, principal director of the international Collaborative Research Project ANR-ALEA (2020-2023), is the general editor of the work. Professor of comparative literature at the Université de Picardie-Jules Verne, Anne Duprat is the author of recognized works on the theory of fiction and on the relationships between literature, cultural anthropology, and intellectual history. A member of the Institut Universitaire de France, her publications include Vraisemblances. Poétique et théorie de la fiction (Droz, 2009), Fiction et cultures (ed. with Françoise Lavocat, 2010) and Histoires et savoirs. Anecdotes scientifiques et sérendipité aux XVIe et XVIIIe siècle (ed. with F. Aït-Touati, 2012). Fiona McIntosh-Varjabédian (Pr., U. Lille) is a specialist of literature of ideas (politics, historiography, science) in the 18th and 19th centuries. Anne-Gaëlle Weber (Pr., U. Artois) is a specialist of relationships between science and literature.

Prologue: Between Us and Chaos: Three Figures of Chance Anne Duprat Introduction Fiona McIntosh-Varjabédian 1. 1340-1610: Figures of Fortune in the European Renaissance: Chance and Providence Edited by Olivier Guerrier With Florence Buttay, Nicolas Correard, Louise Dehondt, Marie-Luce Demonet, Alexandre Tarrête, Alicia Viaud, and Enrica Zanin 2. 1570-1700: Challenges to Fortune and the Emergence of Chance Edited by Guiomar Hautcoeur-Pérez-Espejo, Zoé Schweitzer, Anne Teulade With Carole Boidin, Line Cottegnies, Camille Esmein-Sarrazin, Élisabeth Lacombe, Éric Marquer, Émilie Picherot, David Sedley, Laurent Susini, and Laurent Thirouin 3. 1670-1814: Playing With Chance Edited by Caroline Jacot Grapa With Sylviane Albertan-Coppola, Michel Henry, Florence Magnot-Ogilvy, Bernard Sève, and Charles Wolfe 4. 1798-1895: The Demise of Chance? Determinism and its Discontents Edited by Danielle Follett, Martine Lavaud, Fiona McIntosh-Varjabédian, Anne-Gaëlle Weber 5. 1897-1990: Modern Figures of Chance: Accidents and Procedures Edited by Alison James and Sébastien Wit With contributions by Julia Jordan, Isabelle Krzywkowski, Benoît Monginot, Jason Puskar, Christelle Reggiani, Sarah Troche and Christina Vogel 6. 1980 to the Present: Chance in the Age of Data Edited by Alexandre Gefen With Laurent Demanze, Magali Nachtergael, Alexandra Saemmer and Gaëlle Théval