Title: Accident society
Description: Arguing that language and literature actively produced chance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by categorising injuries and losses as innocent of design, this book reveals the extent to which American collectivity has depended on the literary production of chance.
Subjects: Realism in literature, Chance in literature, Literature and society, American fiction, History and criticism, History, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century