Accident: A Philosophical and Literary History

by Ross Hamilton

Book Overview

From ancient philosophy to Tristram Shandy and Buster Keaton movies, this book tells the engaging history of accident as an idea. An accidental glance at a newspaper notice causes Rousseau to collapse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226314847
• ISBN13: 9780226314846
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"