Bettina L. Knapp is Professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, in the departments of Romance Languages, Comparative Literature, and Women's Studies.
Introduction
1
(15)
Pascal: A Geometer's Wager with God
15
(28)
Balzac: The Wild Ass's Skin---The Gambler's Quest for Power
Serao's Naples: Smorfia Mania and the Devouring Father
127
(40)
Sholom Aleichem: ``The Lottery Ticket''---A Human Gamble
167
(24)
Hesse's The Glass Bead Game: Computerized Culture
191
(36)
Kawabata's The Master of Go: Game as Ritual of Exile
227
(24)
Zhang Xinxin's Orchid Madness
251
(26)
Conclusion
277
(6)
Notes
283
(6)
Bibliography
289
(10)
Index
299
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