Culture of Accidents : Unexpected Knowledges in Early Modern England
ISBN: 9780804779913
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Stanford University Press
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Subjects: Philosophy;

Drawing on intellectual history, cultural criticism, and rhetorical theory, this book chronicles the narrative transformation of "accidents"--whether collapsing buildings, unexpected meetings in the marketplace, monstrous births, or pirate attacks--from a philosophical dead end to an occasion for revelation and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and experimental philosophy.

Michael Witmore is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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