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How the classical and medieval conceptions of Fortune shifted to the modern notion of chance.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.Up to now, the story of chance has been written by historians of mathematical thought and has focused on calculation, probability and gambling. Lyons, by contrast, highlights the ethical, aesthetic and even erotic aspects of chance. He offers detailed readings of the works of major French authors - Montaigne, Corneille, Lafayette, Scudéry, Pascal, Racine, Bossuet, and La Bruyère.Key Features- Renews our understanding of romance, tragedy, comedy & religious polemic in the light of the changed conceptions of the fortuitous - Shows how the emergence of suspense and subjective interest are linked to the shift from Fortune to randomness- Proposes a new view on how religious writers, faced with the sceptical challenge of late Renaissance thought, integrated chance into the post-Reformation mainstream of Catholic teachingsKeywords: Chance, Fortune, Randomness, Probability, French Early Modern Literature, post-Reformation, Genre, Romance, Prose, Montaigne, Corneille, Molière, Lafayette, Scudéry, Pascal, Racine, Bossuet, La Bruyère
About the Author:

John D. Lyons is Commonwealth Professor of French at the University of Virginia. He is the author or editor of 13 books including: Exemplum: The Rhetoric of Example in Early Modern France and Italy (Princeton University Press, 1989), Kingdom of Disorder. The Theory of Tragedy in Seventeenth-Century France (Purdue University Press, 1999), Before Imagination. Embodied Thought From Montaigne to Rousseau (Stanford University Press, 2005) and French Literature. A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010).


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  • ISBN-13: 9780748645152
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 552 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0748645152
  • Publisher Date: 28 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Series Title: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture
  • Sub Title: From Fortune to Randomness in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
  • Width: 157 mm


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