Uncertain Chances
Author | : Maurice S. Lee |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2012-01-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199797578 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199797579 |
Rating | : 4/5 (579 Downloads) |
Download or read book Uncertain Chances written by Maurice S. Lee and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 251 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.