Science and technology in the age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James [[electronic resource] ] : thinking and writing electricity / / Sam Halliday

• Autore: Halliday Sam
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.73/09034
• Soggetto topico: Science - United States - History - 19th century; Technology - United States - History - 19th century; Electricity - History - 19th century; Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-235) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Time and Space; 2 Individual Difference and Self-Representation; 3 Sympathy and Reciprocity; 4 Connection and Division; 5 Inclusion and Exclusion; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century literature and culture. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards. As well as many fascinating hitherto under-studied writers.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science and technology in the age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James
• ISBN: 1-281-36321-9; 9786611363215; 0-230-60509-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450919503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American literature readings in the 21st century.