Willis, Martin, 1971-
Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / Martin Willis. - 1 online resource (281 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-264) and index.
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.
9781612774671 (e-book)
Science fiction--History and criticism.
Fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and science.
Science--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
PN3433.6 / .W55 2006
809.38/762
Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / Martin Willis. - 1 online resource (281 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-264) and index.
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.
9781612774671 (e-book)
Science fiction--History and criticism.
Fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and science.
Science--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
PN3433.6 / .W55 2006
809.38/762