The lives of machines : the industrial imaginary in Victorian literature and culture /
Ketabgian, Tamara Siroone,1969-
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-219) and index.
Human parts and prosthetic networks : the Victorian factory and mesmeric forces -- Animal machine -- "Melancholy mad elephants" : affect and the animal machine in Hard times -- Brute appetites : labor and leisure in Mary Barton and early Victorian Manchester -- Psychic forces : steam, water, and mechanical perception in The mill on the floss -- "A musical steam engine" : sympathy, technique, and industrial community.
English literature
Literature and technology
Machinery in literature.
Machinery
Technology