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Credible impossibilities : conventions and strategies of verisimilitude in Homer and Greek tragedy / von Ruth Scodel
| Credible impossibilities : conventions and strategies of verisimilitude in Homer and Greek tragedy / von Ruth Scodel |
| Autore | Scodel, Ruth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart : Teubner, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 216 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Collana | Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; 122 |
| Soggetto topico |
Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism
Homer - Criticism and interpretation Probability in literature |
| ISBN | 3519076713 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003195019707536 |
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| Stuttgart : Teubner, 1999 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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The game of probability [[electronic resource] ] : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rudiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr
| The game of probability [[electronic resource] ] : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rudiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr |
| Autore | Campe Rüdiger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WigginsEllwood |
| Collana |
Cultural Memory in the Present
Cultural memory in the present |
| Soggetto topico |
European literature - 17th century - History and criticism
European literature - 18th century - History and criticism Probability in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8466-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I. Games for Example; 1. Theology and the Law: Dice in the Air; 2. Numbers and Calculation in Context: The Game of Decision-Pascal; 3. Writing the Calculation of Chances: Justiceand Fair Game-Christiaan Huygens; 4. Probability, a Postscript to the Theory of Chance: Logic and Contractual Law-Arnauld, Leibniz, Pufendorf; 5. Probability Applied: Ancient Topoi and the Theory of Games of Chance-Jacob Bernoulli; 6. Continued Proclamations: The Law of logica probabilium-Leibniz; 7. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, or, The Improbability of Survival
Part II. Verisimilitude Spelled Out8. Numbers and Tables in Narration: Juristsand Clergymen and Their Bureaucratic Hobbies; 9. Novels and Tables: Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year and Schnabel's Die Insel Felsenburg; 10. The Theory of Probability and the Form of the Novel: Daniel Bernoulli on Utility Value, the Anthropology of Risk, and Gellert's Epistolary Fiction; 11. "Improbable Probability": The Theory of the Novel and Its Trope-Fielding's Tom Jones and Wieland's Agathon; 12. The Appearance of Truth: Logic, Aesthetics,and Experimentation-Lambert 13. "Probable" or Plausible": Mathematical Formula Versus Philosophical Discourse-Kant14. Kleist's "Improbable Veracities," or, A Romantic Ending; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462539803321 |
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| Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The game of probability [[electronic resource] ] : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rudiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr
| The game of probability [[electronic resource] ] : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rudiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr |
| Autore | Campe Rüdiger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WigginsEllwood |
| Collana |
Cultural Memory in the Present
Cultural memory in the present |
| Soggetto topico |
European literature - 17th century - History and criticism
European literature - 18th century - History and criticism Probability in literature |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8466-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I. Games for Example; 1. Theology and the Law: Dice in the Air; 2. Numbers and Calculation in Context: The Game of Decision-Pascal; 3. Writing the Calculation of Chances: Justiceand Fair Game-Christiaan Huygens; 4. Probability, a Postscript to the Theory of Chance: Logic and Contractual Law-Arnauld, Leibniz, Pufendorf; 5. Probability Applied: Ancient Topoi and the Theory of Games of Chance-Jacob Bernoulli; 6. Continued Proclamations: The Law of logica probabilium-Leibniz; 7. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, or, The Improbability of Survival
Part II. Verisimilitude Spelled Out8. Numbers and Tables in Narration: Juristsand Clergymen and Their Bureaucratic Hobbies; 9. Novels and Tables: Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year and Schnabel's Die Insel Felsenburg; 10. The Theory of Probability and the Form of the Novel: Daniel Bernoulli on Utility Value, the Anthropology of Risk, and Gellert's Epistolary Fiction; 11. "Improbable Probability": The Theory of the Novel and Its Trope-Fielding's Tom Jones and Wieland's Agathon; 12. The Appearance of Truth: Logic, Aesthetics,and Experimentation-Lambert 13. "Probable" or Plausible": Mathematical Formula Versus Philosophical Discourse-Kant14. Kleist's "Improbable Veracities," or, A Romantic Ending; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786198803321 |
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| Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The game of probability : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rüdiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr
| The game of probability : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rüdiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr |
| Autore | Campe Rüdiger |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
| Collana | Cultural memory in the present |
| Soggetto topico |
European literature - 17th century - History and criticism
European literature - 18th century - History and criticism Probability in literature Probabilitat en la literatura Literatura europea - S. XVII - Història i crítica Literatura europea - S. XVIII - Història i crítica |
| ISBN |
9780804784665
0804784663 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I. Games for Example; 1. Theology and the Law: Dice in the Air; 2. Numbers and Calculation in Context: The Game of Decision-Pascal; 3. Writing the Calculation of Chances: Justiceand Fair Game-Christiaan Huygens; 4. Probability, a Postscript to the Theory of Chance: Logic and Contractual Law-Arnauld, Leibniz, Pufendorf; 5. Probability Applied: Ancient Topoi and the Theory of Games of Chance-Jacob Bernoulli; 6. Continued Proclamations: The Law of logica probabilium-Leibniz; 7. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, or, The Improbability of Survival
Part II. Verisimilitude Spelled Out8. Numbers and Tables in Narration: Juristsand Clergymen and Their Bureaucratic Hobbies; 9. Novels and Tables: Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year and Schnabel's Die Insel Felsenburg; 10. The Theory of Probability and the Form of the Novel: Daniel Bernoulli on Utility Value, the Anthropology of Risk, and Gellert's Epistolary Fiction; 11. "Improbable Probability": The Theory of the Novel and Its Trope-Fielding's Tom Jones and Wieland's Agathon; 12. The Appearance of Truth: Logic, Aesthetics,and Experimentation-Lambert 13. "Probable" or Plausible": Mathematical Formula Versus Philosophical Discourse-Kant14. Kleist's "Improbable Veracities," or, A Romantic Ending; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910963549703321 |
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Subversions of verisimilitude [[electronic resource] ] : reading narrative from Balzac to Sartre / / Lawrence R. Schehr
| Subversions of verisimilitude [[electronic resource] ] : reading narrative from Balzac to Sartre / / Lawrence R. Schehr |
| Autore | Schehr Lawrence R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 843/.70912 |
| Soggetto topico |
French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Realism in literature Probability in literature Narration (Rhetoric) Discourse analysis, Narrative |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8232-4849-6
0-8232-4109-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464361503321 |
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Schehr Lawrence R
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| New York, : Fordham University Press, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Subversions of verisimilitude [[electronic resource] ] : reading narrative from Balzac to Sartre / / Lawrence R. Schehr
| Subversions of verisimilitude [[electronic resource] ] : reading narrative from Balzac to Sartre / / Lawrence R. Schehr |
| Autore | Schehr Lawrence R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 843/.70912 |
| Soggetto topico |
French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Realism in literature Probability in literature Narration (Rhetoric) Discourse analysis, Narrative |
| ISBN |
0-8232-4849-6
0-8232-4109-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789318303321 |
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Schehr Lawrence R
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| New York, : Fordham University Press, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertain chances [[electronic resource] ] : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / / Maurice S. Lee
| Uncertain chances [[electronic resource] ] : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / / Maurice S. Lee |
| Autore | Lee Maurice S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Chance in literature Probability in literature Skepticism in literature Belief and doubt in literature Pragmatism in literature Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century Christianity and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
0-19-020853-8
0-19-998581-2 1-283-42737-0 0-19-979767-6 9786613427373 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Probably Poe; Method-If Method There Is; Vast Individual Error; Things External to the Game; 2. Moby-Dick and the Opposite of Providence; The Cause of the Hunt; The Indifferent Sword of Chance; At a Venture; 3. Doubting If Doubt Itself Be Doubting: After Moby-Dick; Judge ye, then, ye Judicious; Pierre and Pragmatism; "Bartleby" and Buridan's Ass; 4. Douglass's Long Run; Providence and Improvidence; Balancing Probabilities; Give Them a Chance!; Reconstructing Black Pragmatism; 5. Roughly Thoreau; Axes and Knives; Errors and Averages
Fish and GamesAn Unfinished Life of Science; Summing Up; 6. Dickinson's Precarious Steps, Surprising Leaps, and Bounds; Romantic Embarrassments; Chances for Heaven; Precarious Gaits; Having an Experience; Coda: Lost Causes and the Civil War; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792226303321 |
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Lee Maurice S
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| New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / / Maurice S. Lee
| Uncertain chances : science, skepticism, and belief in nineteenth-century American literature / / Maurice S. Lee |
| Autore | Lee Maurice S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/384 |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Chance in literature Probability in literature Skepticism in literature Belief and doubt in literature Pragmatism in literature Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century Christianity and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
0-19-020853-8
0-19-998581-2 1-283-42737-0 0-19-979767-6 9786613427373 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Probably Poe; Method-If Method There Is; Vast Individual Error; Things External to the Game; 2. Moby-Dick and the Opposite of Providence; The Cause of the Hunt; The Indifferent Sword of Chance; At a Venture; 3. Doubting If Doubt Itself Be Doubting: After Moby-Dick; Judge ye, then, ye Judicious; Pierre and Pragmatism; "Bartleby" and Buridan's Ass; 4. Douglass's Long Run; Providence and Improvidence; Balancing Probabilities; Give Them a Chance!; Reconstructing Black Pragmatism; 5. Roughly Thoreau; Axes and Knives; Errors and Averages
Fish and GamesAn Unfinished Life of Science; Summing Up; 6. Dickinson's Precarious Steps, Surprising Leaps, and Bounds; Romantic Embarrassments; Chances for Heaven; Precarious Gaits; Having an Experience; Coda: Lost Causes and the Civil War; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966047503321 |
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Lee Maurice S
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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