Gears and God [[electronic resource] ] : Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America / / Nathaniel Williams
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 206 pages) :) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 813.308 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gears and God |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-9186-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910796963703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.