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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- 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.


