Chance and the modern British novel : from Henry Green to Iris Murdoch /: from Henry Green to Iris Murdoch. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julia Jordan.
• Other Names: (Lecturer in modern English literature), Jordan, Julia
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One: A Fine Thing: A History of Chance; Chapter Two: 'Swear to tell me everything that goes wrong': Henry Green and Free Will in the Novel; Chapter Three: 'I admire the will to welcome everything -- the stupid violence of chance': Samuel Beckett and the Representation of Possibility; Chapter Four: 'Let's Celebrate the Accidental': B.S. Johnson, the Aleatory and the Radical Generation; Chapter Five: 'The incomprehensible operation of grace': Mess, Contingency and the Example of Iris Murdoch; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)
• Subjects: 823.91409384; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Chance in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Chance in literature; English fiction; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441109712; 1441109714; 1282655019; 9781282655010
• Related ISBNs: 9781441125316; 1441125310
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.