Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION: The Shock of Experience 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. Accidental Origins: Defining Accidental Qualities and Events 11
6. CHAPTER TWO. Divine Substance: Assimilation of Accident within Christian Theology 43
7. CHAPTER THREE. Skeptical Accidents: Secularization of Accident during the Reformation 69
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Accidental Experience: Radical Enlightenment and the Science of Accident 93
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Novel Accidents: Self-Determining Accidents in Print Culture 129
10. CHAPTER SIX. The Textual Self: Opportunity and Emotion in the Creation of the Individual 161
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Accidental Sublime: Returning Substance to Accidental Events 189
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. Altered States: The Macroscopic Impact of Accidental Qualities 217
13. CHAPTER NINE. The Form of Accident: The Boundaries of Perception 247
14. CHAPTER TEN. Envisioning Accident: Searching for Substance in an Accidental World 273
15. CONCLUSION. Pattern Recognition 299
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 305
17. INDEX 323