Telegraphic realism
Subtitle: Victorian fiction and other information systems
By: Richard Menke.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804756914
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Communication in literature; Technology in literature; Telecommunication in literature; Telegraph in literature; Postal service in literature; Realism in literature; Communication and technology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Victorian informatics; title: The new post age; title: Electric information; title: Speaking machines; title: Information unveiled; title: The telegrapher's tale; title: A winged intelligence; title: Wireless; title: Coda : afterlives of Victorian information.