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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis
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
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / / Martin Willis
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons / / by Martin Willis [[electronic resource]]
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Vision, science, and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons / / by Martin Willis [[electronic resource]]
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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