science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature Lee, Maurice S. creator text nyu New York Oxford Oxford University Press c2012 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (x, 239 p.) Maurice Lee's study illustrates how writers such as Poe Melville, Douglass, Thoreau, Dickinson, and others participated in a broad intellectual and cultural shift in which Americans increasingly learned to live with the threatening and wonderful possibilities of chance. specialized Maurice S. Lee. Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature 19th century History and criticism Chance in literature Probability in literature Skepticism in literature Belief and doubt in literature Pragmatism in literature Literature and science United States History 19th century Christianity and literature United States History 19th century United States Intellectual life 19th century PS217.C46 L44 2012 810.9384 9780199932412 (ebook) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199797578.001.0001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199797578.001.0001 StDuBDS 120302 20150804193949.0 EDZ0000056401