A cultural history of causality : science, murder novels, and systems of thought /

This pioneering work is the first to trace how our understanding of the causes of human behavior has changed radically over the course of European and American cultural history since 1830. Focusing on the act of murder, as documented vividly by more than a hundred novels including Crime and Punishme...

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Main Author:	Kern, Stephen
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Causation in literature. Murder in literature. Causation. Fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9781400826230 1400826233 9780691115238 0691115230 9780691127682 0691127689
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central