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Drawing on intellectual history, cultural criticism, and rhetorical theory, this book chronicles the narrative transformation of "accidents"—whether collapsing buildings, unexpected meetings in the marketplace, monstrous births, or pirate attacks—from a philosophical dead end to an occasion for revelation and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and experimental philosophy.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2002
      ISBN13: 9780804735568, 978-0804735568
      ISBN10: 0804735565
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      Literature: history and criticism Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

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      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on intellectual history, cultural criticism, and rhetorical theory, this book chronicles the narrative transformation of "accidents"—whether collapsing buildings, unexpected meetings in the marketplace, monstrous births, or pirate attacks—from a philosophical dead end to an occasion for revelation and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and experimental philosophy.

      Trade Review
      "Michael Witmore (Carnegie Mellon) has given us an extraordinary, erudite book (with full attention to Aristotelian, Scholastic, and Calvinist world views as challenged by chance, monstrous births, and other unexpected occurrences). His book fills a felt need and is sure to be a classic." -- BHR

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