Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis
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Willis Martin <1971->
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| Titolo: |
Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis
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| Pubblicazione: | Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2006] |
| ©2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.38/762 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science fiction - History and criticism |
| Fiction - 19th century - History and criticism | |
| Literature and science | |
| Science - History - 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-264) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mesmerists, monsters, and machines |
| ISBN: | 1-61277-467-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824688503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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