The rail, the body and the pen : essays on travel, medicine and technology in 19th century British l...
The rail, the body and the pen : essays on travel, medicine and technology in 19th century British l...
The rail, the body and the pen : essays on travel, medicine and technology in 19th century British literature / edited by Brian Cowlishaw.
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2021/1396
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 209 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part 1: Trains and travel -- Trains and Brains: Splitting the Self in Sensation Fiction / Richard Leahy -- A Technological View of Nineteenth Century Imperialism and Globalization in Science Fiction and Global History / Sobia Kiran -- The Shock of Modernity: Traveling the Railways and Reading the Fi...
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"Many of the best-known British authors of the 1800s were fascinated by the science and technology of their era. Dickens included spontaneous human combustion and "mesmerism" (hyptnotism) in his plots. Mary Shelley created the immortal Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his creature. H.G. Wells imagined the Time Machine, the Invisible Man, and invaders fr...
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Full title
The rail, the body and the pen : essays on travel, medicine and technology in 19th century British literature / edited by Brian Cowlishaw.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/1396
Record Identifier
74VKaVbR4M8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbR4M8b
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ISBN
1476683050
9781476683058
DDC
820.935609034
MMS ID
991024416513602626
