How Long to Read Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France

How Long Does it Take to Read Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 18 minutes to read Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France by John D. Lyons

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Description

In the Renaissance and early modern periods, there were lively controversies over why things happen. Central to these debates was the troubling idea that things could simply happen by chance. In France, a major terrain of this intellectual debate, the chance hypothesis engaged writers coming from many different horizons: the ancient philosophies of Epicurus, the Stoa, and Aristotle, the renewed reading of the Bible in the wake of the Reformation, a fresh emphasis on direct, empirical observation of nature and society, the revival of dramatic tragedy with its paradoxical theme of the misfortunes that befall relatively good people, and growing introspective awareness of the somewhat arbitrary quality of consciousness itself. This volume is the first in English to offer a broad cultural and literary view of the field of chance in this period. The essays, by a distinguished team of scholars from the U.S., Britain, and France, cluster around four problems: Providence in Question, Aesthetics and Poetics of Chance, Law and Ethics, and Chance and its Remedies. Convincing and authoritative, this collection articulates a new and rich perspective on the culture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France.

How long is Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France?

Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France by John D. Lyons is 254 pages long, and a total of 64,516 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France aloud.

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Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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