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UNINA9910813851903321 |
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Autore |
Williams Nathaniel <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Gears and God [[electronic resource] ] : Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America / / Nathaniel Williams |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, [2018] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 206 pages) :) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dime novels - History and criticism |
Technology in literature |
Religion in literature |
Literature and technology - United States - History - 19th century |
Religion and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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Inventing the technocratic exploration tale : God, gears, and empire -- Building imperialists : the steam man, "used up" man, and man in the moon -- Imagining inventors : Frank Reade and dime-novel technocratic exploration -- Discovering biblical literalism : Frank Reade redux -- Confronting "fol-de-rol" : Mark Twain, technocracy, and religion -- Reconstructing biblical history : technocratic explorations, 1899-1910 -- Conclusion: Technocratic exploration's legacy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith. In this work, Nathaniel Williams analyzes the genre of technology-themed exploration novels--dime novel adventure stories featuring steam-powered and electrified robots, airships, and submersibles. This genre proliferated during the same cultural moment when evolutionary science was dismantling Americans' prevailing, biblically based understanding of human history"-- |
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