The Lives of Machines : The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture.

Expanded views of the connection between humans and machines in the Victorian era.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ketabgian, Tamara S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Cover -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prosthesis -- Chapter 1: Human Parts and Prosthetic Networks: The Victorian Factory and Mesmeric Forces Chapter 1: Human Parts and Prosthetic Networks: The Victorian Factory and Mesmeric Forces -- Animal Machine -- Chapter 2: "Melancholy Mad Elephants": Affect and the Animal Machine in Hard Times Chapter 2: "Melancholy Mad Elephants": Affect and the Animal Machine in Hard Times -- Chapter 3: Brute Appetites: Labor and Leisure in Mary Barton and Early Victorian Manchester Chapter 3: Brute Appetites: Labor and Leisure in Mary Barton and Early Victorian Manchester -- Energy System -- Chapter 4: Psychic Forces: Steam, Water, and Mechanical Perception in The Mill on the Floss Chapter 4: Psychic Forces: Steam, Water, and Mechanical Perception in The Mill on the Floss -- Chapter 5: A "Musical Steam Engine": Sympathy, Technique, and Industrial Community Chapter 5: A "Musical Steam Engine": Sympathy, Technique, and Industrial Community -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources: Novels and Fiction Primary Sources: Novels and Fiction -- Other Primary Sources Other Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources Secondary Sources -- Index. 
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