03238nam 2200793 450 991045778900332120200520144314.00-8229-8190-41-317-32184-71-317-32185-51-283-29203-397866132920321-84893-235-9(CKB)2550000000056528(EBL)784794(OCoLC)759860949(SSID)ssj0000642613(PQKBManifestationID)11446443(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642613(PQKBWorkID)10648669(PQKB)10942670(MiAaPQ)EBC2126815(MiAaPQ)EBC4643577(MiAaPQ)EBC1510908(MiAaPQ)EBC784794(MiAaPQ)EBC4015240(Au-PeEL)EBL4643577(CaPaEBR)ebr11249179(CaONFJC)MIL329203(OCoLC)957127933(Au-PeEL)EBL4015240(CaPaEBR)ebr11117065(OCoLC)918621977(EXLCZ)99255000000005652820160907h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 ocular horizons /by Martin WillisPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :University of Pittsburgh Press,2016.©20161 online resource (321 p.)Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century ;Number 15Description based upon print version of record.1-84893-234-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.Science and culture in the nineteenth century ;Number 15.Literature and scienceHistory19th centuryVisionHistory19th centuryVisionPhilosophyHistory19th centuryVisionSocial aspectsHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Literature and scienceHistoryVisionHistoryVisionPhilosophyHistoryVisionSocial aspectsHistory809.1936Willis Martin1051312MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457789003321Vision, science, and literature, 1870-19202481731UNINA