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UNINA9910463191603321 |
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Autore |
Byerly Alison |
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Are we there yet? : virtual travel and Victorian realism / / Alison Byerly |
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94167-8 |
0-472-02876-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Realism in literature |
Travel in literature |
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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""Contents""; ""Introduction: Travel and the Art of the Real""; ""I. Going Nowhere: Panoramic Travel""; ""1. A Room with a View: The Victorian Panorama""; ""2. The Passing Scene: Moving Panoramas""; ""3. Wish You Were Here: Marketing the Experience""; ""4. Watching the Grand Tour""; ""5. Moving Pictures: The View from a Balloon""; ""6. Surveying the Scene: The Panoramic Gaze""; ""7. The Hypothetical Tourist""; ""II. Total Immersion: Navigating the Thames""; ""1. No Place Like Home: The Thames as England""; ""2. Journey to the Interior""; ""3. You Are Here: The Guided Tour"" |
""4. Blogging the Trip: Three Men in a Boat""""5. Back to the Future: News from Nowhere""; ""6. River of Oblivion: The London Thames""; ""7. Change of Pace: The Rush toward Leisure""; ""III. High-speed Connection: The Railway Network""; ""1. Frankenstein�s Monster: The Cyborg Engine""; ""2. Neither Here nor There: The Body in Transit""; ""3. User�s Manuals: The Railway Guide""; ""4. Chat Rooms: The Social Space of Trains""; ""5. Game Over: The Railway Journey as Dream and Nightmare""; ""6. The Matrix: Railway Junctions as Non-Spaces"" |
""7. World Wide Web: Information Networks in Sherlock Holmes and Dracula""""8. Moving through Media""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index"" |
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