LEADER 02991oam 22005654a 450 001 9910796963703321 005 20180729030006.0 010 $a0-8173-9186-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000005248760 035 $a(OCoLC)1044767870 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66464 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5453484 035 $a(PPN)24323631X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005248760 100 $a20180726d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGears and God$b[electronic resource] $eTechnocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America /$fNathaniel Williams 210 $aTuscaloosa, Alabama $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 206 pages) :)$cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism 311 $a0-8173-1984-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInventing 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. 330 $a"A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith. In this work, Nathaniel Williams analyzes the genre of technology-themed exploration novels--dime novel adventure stories featuring steam-powered and electrified robots, airships, and submersibles. This genre proliferated during the same cultural moment when evolutionary science was dismantling Americans' prevailing, biblically based understanding of human history"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism. 606 $aDime novels$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTechnology in literature 606 $aReligion in literature 606 $aLiterature and technology$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aReligion and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAmerican fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDime novels$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTechnology in literature. 615 0$aReligion in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and technology$xHistory 615 0$aReligion and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813.308 700 $aWilliams$b Nathaniel$f1970-$01544568 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796963703321 996 $aGears and God$93798920 997 $aUNINA