Science and Technology in the Age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James
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Thinking and Writing Electricity, American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
| ISBN: |
1403976724 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781403976727 |
| Autor: |
Halliday, S |
| Verlag: |
Springer Verlag GmbH |
| Umfang: |
xiii, 251 S. |
| Erscheinungsdatum: |
24.07.2007 |
| Auflage: |
1/2007 |
| Produktform: |
Gebunden/Hardback |
| Einband: |
Gebunden |
IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: The book provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards, including Hawthorne, Poe, Douglass, Melville, William James, Henry James, Twain, Norris, and Dreiser. As well as canonical authors, the book considers fascinating and hitherto under-studied writers such as health reformer Sylvester Graham, the mesmerist-theologian John Bovee Dods, travelers on the anti-slavery Underground Railroad, and the autobiographer and disability-rights campaigner Helen KellerCONTEXTUAL: The book is strongly contextual in focus, and provides extensive coverage of the intellectual social contexts in which its featured authors operated, from abolitionism, mesmerism and spiritualism to the rise of neuroscience, changes in financial markets, and international espionageSTRONG THEORETICAL COMPONENT: The book makes deft use of critical theory to support its readings, using authors such as Bataille, Benjamin, and KracauerENGAGING STYLE: The book is written in a lively and engaging style that will appeal to students, as well as the scholars in the field
Beschreibung
This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century literature and culture. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards. As well as many fascinating hitherto under-studied writers.
Autorenporträt
SAM HALLIDAY lectures in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
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