Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century /

Title:

Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century /

Author:

Willis, Martin, 1971-

Format:

Book

Institution:

Emerson College

Contents:

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.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emerson Main Stacks
PN3433.6 .W55 2006 – Available