Dice, cards, wheels : a different history of French culture

Dice, cards, wheels : a different history of French culture / Thomas M. Kavanagh.

Gambling has been a practice central to many cultures throughout history. In Dice, Cards, Wheels, Thomas M. Kavanagh scrutinizes the changing face of the gambler in France over a period of eight centuries, using gambling and its representations in literature as a lens through which to observe French...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kavanagh, Thomas M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005.
Series:Critical authors & issues.
Subjects:
Gambling > France > History.
Gambling in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Gambling
Gambling in literature
Literatur
Spielsucht
Gokken.
Kansspelen.
France
Frankrijk.
Französisch.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Toward a Cultural History of Gambling
  • 2. Dicing with the Saints: Jehan Bodel's Jeu de saint Nicolas
  • 3. Getting God's Edge: Pascal's Gambler as Paraclete
  • 4. The Libertine's Bluff
  • 5. Gambling High and Low: Casanova's Story of My Life
  • 6. Staging the Gambler: Sex, Sentiment, and Family Values
  • 7. Gambling on the Anvil of History: Balzac's The Wild Ass)s Skin
  • 8. Whist, or the Aristocracy of Mystery: Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Beneath the Cards in a Game of Whist"
  • 9. Betting Against Your Self: Paul Bourget's ''A Gambler"
  • 10. Dreaming the Casino: Demy's Baie des anges and Melville's Bob le fiambeur
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix ''A Gambler3 / Bourget, Paul
  • Notes
  • Index.

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