Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century

Publication Data

• Title Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century
• Author Martin Willis
• Publisher Kent State University Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Kent, Ohio
• Language English

Contents

Literature, science, and science fiction
E.T.A. Hoffmann and the magic of mesmerism
Mary Shelley's electric imagination
The human experiments of Edgar Allan Poe
Verne's deep-sea investigations on dry land
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's invention of psychical research
H.G. Wells in the laboratory
Conclusion : the progress of literature and science; or, a refrain on interdisciplinarity.

Topics

• Science fiction :: History and criticism
• Fiction :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Literature and science
• 013459987

Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century by Martin Willis. ISBN 0873388577. Published by Kent State University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.