Culture of Accidents: Unexpected Knowledges in Early Modern EnglandStanford University Press, 1 de set. 2002 - 240 pàgines 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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... the notion that accident was a con- cept with both learned and popular appeal , the book traces its evolution through Aristotelian , continued on back flap continued from front flap Scholastic , and Calvinist thought into.
... thought into a range of early modern texts . It suggests that for many English writers , accidental events raised funda- mental questions about the nature of order in the world and the way that order should be apprehended . Alongside ...
... thought on the nature of these events , associations that we can trace even into some of the least intellectual " texts of the period . Within natural philosophy , moreover , the accident would become increasingly significant as ...
... broad range of interests . This categorical instability al- lows accidents to serve as a passageway between realms of experience that are traditionally thought to exclude one another . When 6 Introduction : A Narrative Wonder.
Unexpected Knowledges in Early Modern England Michael Witmore. that are traditionally thought to exclude one another . When , for exam- ple , a person in the world is struck by a falling object and killed - and it happens often enough in ...
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Early Modern Accidents and an Aristotelian Tradition | 17 |
Exemplary Accidents from Cicero to Jean Calvin | 42 |
The Avoidance of Ends in The Comedy of Errors | 62 |
Hamlet Interrupted | 82 |
Accident and the Invention of Knowledge in Francis | 111 |
The Blackfriars Accident | 130 |
Notes | 159 |
Bibliography | 205 |
Index | 219 |
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