Title: Minds, bodies, machines, 1770-1930
Description: "It is during the nineteenth-century, the age of machinery, that we begin to witness a sustained exploration of the literal and discursive entanglements of minds, bodies, machines. This book explores the impact of technology upon conceptions of language, consciousness, human cognition, and the boundaries between materialist and esoteric sciences."--
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Motiv (Literatur), LITERARY CRITICISM / General, English language, Engels, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature and technology, Bellettrie, Technischer Fortschritt, Maschine, Technological innovations, Technologie, Machines, History, Technology and civilization, Social aspects
Places: Englisches Sprachgebiet
Time periods: 19th century