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Autore |
Willis Martin <1971-> |
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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis |
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Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2006] |
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©2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science fiction - History and criticism |
Fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Literature and science |
Science - History - 19th century |
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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 (pages 254-264) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Literature, science, and science fiction -- E.T.A. Hoffmann and the magic of mesmerism -- Mary Shelley's electric imagination -- The human experiments of Edgar Allan Poe -- Verne's deep-sea investigations on dry land -- Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's invention of psychical research -- H.G. Wells in the laboratory -- Conclusion : the progress of literature and science; or, a refrain on interdisciplinarity. |
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