Transport in British fiction : technologies of movement 1840 1940 Transport in British Fiction: Technologies of Movement 1840 1940 is the first essay collection devoted to transport and its various types horse train tram cab omnibus bicycle ship car air and space in British fiction. Gathering international expertise its 14 original essays explore the ways in which the social historical and cultural impacts of transport integrate with the concerns of fiction across a century marked by both unprecedented technological change and the entrenchment of the novel as the dominant literary form. Analyzing textual synthesis of technological advances with rapidly shifting cultural perspectives the volume explores fictions fascination with transports symbolism and its impact upon character relationships and society. Exploring transport in contexts including gender class sexuality colonialism war urbanism modernity travel crime and science fiction the volume offers innovative perspectives on the fictional portrayal of new transport technologies that were as democratizing and progressive as they were threatening and destabilizing