Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis |
Autore | Willis Martin <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61277-467-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453498703321 |
Willis Martin <1971-> | ||
Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis |
Autore | Willis Martin <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [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 |
ISBN | 1-61277-467-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791099503321 |
Willis Martin <1971-> | ||
Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis |
Autore | Willis Martin <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [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 |
ISBN | 1-61277-467-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824688503321 |
Willis Martin <1971-> | ||
Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons / / by Martin Willis [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Willis Martin <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 612.8409034 |
Collana | Science and culture in the nineteenth century |
Soggetto topico |
Vision - History - 19th century
Vision - Social aspects - History - 19th century Vision - Philosophy - History - 19th century Literature and science - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-315-65536-5
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 | eng |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti | Vision, Science & Literature, 1870-1920 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781876703321 |
Willis Martin <1971-> | ||
London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons / / by Martin Willis [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Willis Martin <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 612.8409034 |
Collana | Science and culture in the nineteenth century |
Soggetto topico |
Vision - History - 19th century
Vision - Social aspects - History - 19th century Vision - Philosophy - History - 19th century Literature and science - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-315-65536-5
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 | eng |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti | Vision, Science & Literature, 1870-1920 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807673003321 |
Willis Martin <1971-> | ||
London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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