Vision, science and literature, 1870-1920 : ocular horizons /

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This book explores the Victorian concept of vision across scientific and cultural forms. Willis charts the characterization of vision through four organizing principles - small, large, past and future - to arrive at a Victorian conception of what vision was. Willis then explores how this Victorian v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Willis, Martin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Colección:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Temas:
1800-1899
Vision > Social aspects > History > 19th century.
Vision > Philosophy > History > 19th century.
Literature and science > History > 19th century.
Vision > Aspect social > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vision > Philosophie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et sciences > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Literature and science.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction: Ocular Horizons: Vision, Science and Literature; Part I: Small; 1 Microscopy and Disease: Science, Imagination and the Phantasmagoria; 2 Microscopy and Disease: Place and Identity in Laboratory Science and Fiction; Part II: Large; 3 Optical Shattering: Percival Lowell, Mars and Authorities of Vision; 4 Lowell's Minimum Visible: Wonder, Imagination and Popular Science; Part III: Past.
  • 5 Looking as Tourists and Scientists: Amelia Edwards, Flinders Petrie and the Archaeology of the Egypt Exploration Fund6 Egyptian Archaeology and Fiction: The Artefact as Thing; Part IV: Future; 7 Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini: Optics, Ophthalmology and Magical Performance; 8 Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini: Sensation, Spectacle and Spiritualism; Afterword; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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