Science and Technology in the Age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James

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.

Autorentext
SAM HALLIDAY lectures in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Inhalt
Time and Space Individual Difference and Self-Representation Sympathy and Reciprocity Connection and Division Inclusion and Exclusion