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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century
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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / Martin Willis.
ISBN
0873388577 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2006.
Physical Description
viii, 272 p. ; 23 cm.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 07, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-264) and index.
Contents
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.
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