Mesmerists, monsters, and machines
Subtitle: science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century
By: Martin Willis.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780873388573
Subjects: Science fiction -- History and criticism.; Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and science.; Science -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Literature, science, and science fiction; title: E.T.A. Hoffmann and the magic of mesmerism; title: Mary Shelley's electric imagination; title: The human experiments of Edgar Allan Poe; title: Verne's deep-sea investigations on dry land; title: Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's invention of psychical research; title: H.G. Wells in the laboratory; title: Conclusion : the progress of literature and science; or, a refrain on interdisciplinarity.