Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons / / by Martin Willis

• Autore: Willis Martin
• Pubblicazione: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.1936
• Soggetto topico: Literature and science - History - 19th century; Vision - History - 19th century; Vision - Philosophy - History - 19th century; Vision - Social aspects - History - 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920
• ISBN: 0-8229-8190-4; 1-317-32184-7; 1-317-32185-5; 1-283-29203-3; 9786613292032; 1-84893-235-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457789003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; ; Number 15.