Gears and God : technocratic fiction, faith, and empire in Mark Twain's America /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Nathaniel, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
Series:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Subjects:
1800-1899
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Technology in literature.
Christianity in literature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Technologie dans la littérature.
Christianisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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