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Mesmerists, Monsters, and Machines : Science Fiction and the Cultures of Science in the Nineteenth Century.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ashland : The Kent State University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781612774671
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mesmerists, Monsters, and MachinesDDC classification:
  • 809.38/762
LOC classification:
  • PN3433.6 -- .W55 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Literature, Science, and Science Fiction -- Chapter 2: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Magic of Mesmerism -- Chapter 3: Mary Shelley's Electric Imagination -- Chapter 4: The Human Experiments of Edgar Allan Poe -- Chapter 5: Verne's Deep-Sea Investigations on Dry Land -- Chapter 6: Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's Invention of Psychical Research -- Chapter 7: H. G. Wells in the Laboratory -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Progress of Literature and Science -- or, A Refrain on Interdisciplinarity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Literature, Science, and Science Fiction -- Chapter 2: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Magic of Mesmerism -- Chapter 3: Mary Shelley's Electric Imagination -- Chapter 4: The Human Experiments of Edgar Allan Poe -- Chapter 5: Verne's Deep-Sea Investigations on Dry Land -- Chapter 6: Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's Invention of Psychical Research -- Chapter 7: H. G. Wells in the Laboratory -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Progress of Literature and Science -- or, A Refrain on Interdisciplinarity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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