TY - BOOK AU - Hamilton,Ross TI - Accident: a philosophical and literary history SN - 9780226314846 U1 - 111.1 21E PY - 2007/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Aristotle KW - Accidents (Philosophy) KW - Substance (Philosophy) N1 - Index; Bibliogr. p. [305]-322; Introduction: The shock of experience -- Accidental origins : defining accidental qualities and events -- Divine substance : assimilation of accident within Christian theology -- Skeptical accidents : secularization of accident during the Reformation -- Accidental experience : radical enlightenment and the science of accident -- Novel accidents : self-determining accidents in print culture -- The textual self : opportunity and emotion in the creation of the individual -- The accidental sublime : returning substance to accidental events -- Altered states : the macroscopic impact of accidental qualities -- The form of accident : the boundaries of perception -- Envisioning accident : searching for substance in an accidental world -- Conclusion: Pattern recognition ER -