Figures of Chance I : Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th–21st Centuries) (Paperback)

Prologue: Between Us and Chaos: Three Figures of Chance

Anne Duprat

Introduction

Fiona McIntosh-Varjabedian

1. 1340?1610: Figures of Fortune in the European Renaissance: Chance and Providence

Edited by Olivier Guerrier

With Florence Buttay, Nicolas Correard, Louise Dehondt, Marie-Luce Demonet, Alexandre Tarrete, Alicia Viaud, and Enrica Zanin

2. 1570?1700: Challenges to Fortune and the Emergence of Chance

Edited by Guiomar Hautcoeur-Perez-Espejo, Zoe Schweitzer, Anne Teulade

With Carole Boidin, Line Cottegnies, Camille Esmein-Sarrazin, Elisabeth Lacombe, Eric Marquer, Emilie Picherot, David Sedley, Laurent Susini, and Laurent Thirouin

3. 1670­­?1814: Playing With Chance

Edited by Caroline Jacot Grapa

With Sylviane Albertan-Coppola, Michel Henry, Florence Magnot-Ogilvy, Bernard Seve, and Charles Wolfe

4. 1798?1895: The Demise of Chance? Determinism and its Discontents

Edited by Danielle Follett, Martine Lavaud, Fiona McIntosh-Varjabedian, Anne-Gaelle Weber

5. 1897?1990: Modern Figures of Chance: Accidents and Procedures

Edited by Alison James and Sebastien Wit

With contributions by Julia Jordan, Isabelle Krzywkowski, Benoit Monginot, Jason Puskar, Christelle Reggiani, Sarah Troche and Christina Vogel

6. 1980 to the Present: Chance in the Age of Data

Edited by Alexandre Gefen

With Laurent Demanze, Magali Nachtergael, Alexandra Saemmer and Gaelle Theval