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Thierry de Duve

As Chance Would Have It

By Thierry de Duve

It’s almost an aside in the essay Richard Shiff gave me to read as an incentive to “respond” to his piece in the Brooklyn Rail that prompted me to pick up on his invitation. The context is a discussion of chance and whether its outcome in a work of art is significant or insignificant.

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The Brooklyn Rail

JUNE 2020

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