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UNINA9910457789003321 |
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Autore |
Willis Martin |
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Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons / / by Martin Willis |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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0-8229-8190-4 |
1-317-32184-7 |
1-317-32185-5 |
1-283-29203-3 |
9786613292032 |
1-84893-235-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century ; ; Number 15 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and science - History - 19th century |
Vision - History - 19th century |
Vision - Philosophy - History - 19th century |
Vision - Social aspects - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Science, Imagination and the Phantasmagoria; 2. Place and Identity in Laboratory Science and Fiction; Optical Shattering; 4. Lowell's Minimum Visible; 5. Looking as Tourists and Scientists; 6. Egyptian Archaeology and Fiction; 7. Optics, Ophthalmology and Magical Performance; 8. Sensation, Spectacle and Spiritualism; Afterword; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores the Victorian concept of vision across scientific and cultural forms. Willis charts the characterization of vision through four organizing principles - small, large, past and future - to arrive at a Victorian conception of what vision was. Willis then explores how this Victorian vision influenced twentieth century ways of seeing. |
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