Uncertain Chances
Author | : Maurice S. Lee |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2013-06-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199985814 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199985812 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Download or read book Uncertain Chances written by Maurice S. Lee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.