Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / Martin Willis.
By: Willis, Martin.
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BookPublisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2006]Copyright date: �2006Description: 1 online resource (281 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781612774671 (e-book).Subject(s): Science fiction -- History and criticism | Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Literature and science | Science -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 809.38/762 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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