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Culture of Accidents - Unexpected Knowledges in Early Modern England (Hardcover)
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Culture of Accidents - Unexpected Knowledges in Early Modern England (Hardcover)
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Collapsing buildings, unexpected meetings in the marketplace,
monstrous births, encounters with pirates at sea--these and other
unforeseen "accidents" at the turn of the seventeenth century in
England acquired unprecedented significance in the early modern
philosophical and cultural imagination. Drawing on intellectual
history, cultural criticism, and rhetorical theory, this book
chronicles the narrative transformation of "accident" from a
philosophical dead end to an astonishing occasion for revelation
and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and
experimental philosophy.
Embracing the notion that accident was a concept with both learned
and popular appeal, the book traces its evolution through
Aristotelian, Scholastic, and Calvinist thought into a range of
early modern texts. It suggests that for many English writers,
accidental events raised fundamental questions about the nature of
order in the world and the way that order should be apprehended.
Alongside texts by such canonical figures as Shakespeare and Bacon,
this study draws on several lesser-known authors of sensational
news accounts about accidents that occurred around the turn of the
seventeenth century. The result is a cultural anatomy of accidents
as philosophical problem, theatrical conceit, spiritual landmark,
and even a prototype for Baconian "experiment," one that provides a
fresh interpretation of the early modern engagement with
contingency in intellectual and cultural terms.
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