| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "This is Religious, and Totally Different"; Part I: Gears; 1. Inventing the Technocratic Exploration Tale: God, Gears, and Empire; 2. Building Imperialists: The Steam Man, "Used Up" Man, and Man in the Moon; 3. Imagining Inventors: Frank Reade and Dime-Novel Technocratic Exploration; Part II: God; 4. Discovering Biblical Literalism: Frank Reade Redux; 5. Confronting "Fol-de-Rol": Mark Twain, Technocracy, and Religion; 6. Reconstructing Biblical History: Technocratic Explorations, 1899-1910 |
| Summary |
"A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith. In this work, Nathaniel Williams analyzes the genre of technology-themed exploration novels--dime novel adventure stories featuring steam-powered and electrified robots, airships, and submersibles. This genre proliferated during the same cultural moment when evolutionary science was dismantling Americans' prevailing, biblically based understanding of human history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 27, 2018) |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Technology in literature.
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Christianity in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American fiction
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Christianity in literature
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Technology in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817391867 |
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081739186X |
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