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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463191603321

Autore

Byerly Alison

Titolo

Are we there yet? : virtual travel and Victorian realism / / Alison Byerly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012

ISBN

1-283-94167-8

0-472-02876-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

823/.80912

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Realism in literature

Travel in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""