Transformations of Electricity in Nineteenth-century Literature and Science, Hardcover by Pratt-smith, Stella, ISBN 1472419405, ISBN-13 9781472419408, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Engaging with Victorian scientific texts, popular and specialist periodicals and the work of leading mid-century novelists, including Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and Wilkie Collins, Stella Pratt-Smith traces the synthesis of nineteenth-century electricity made possible by the combination of science, literature and the popular imagination. She examines how the emergence of the science fiction genre endowed electricity with magical and romantic qualities, and contributed to wider scientific visions of the future.
| ISBN | 9781472419408 |
| Subject Area | Literary Criticism |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Item Length | 9.4 in |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| Type | Textbook |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Item Height | 0.7 in |
| Author | Stella Pratt-Smith |
| Features | New Edition |
| Item Weight | 18.4 Oz |
| Item Width | 6.8 in |
| Number Of Pages | 176 Pages |
Transformations of Electricity in Nineteenth-century Literature and Science, Hardcover by Pratt-smith, Stella, ISBN 1472419405, ISBN-13 9781472419408, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Engaging with Victorian scientific texts, popular and specialist periodicals and the work of leading mid-century novelists, including Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and Wilkie Collins, Stella Pratt-Smith traces the synthesis of nineteenth-century electricity made possible by the combination of science, literature and the popular imagination. She examines how the emergence of the science fiction genre endowed electricity with magical and romantic qualities, and contributed to wider scientific visions of the future.
