Trains, literature, and culture reading/writing the rails /

Trains, literature, and culture reading/writing the rails / [electronic resource] : [edited by] Steven D. Spalding, Benjamin Fraser. - Lanham, [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2012. - xiii, 247 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Race, class, and gender -- pt. 2. Politics and poetics -- pt. 3. Visual cultures -- pt. 4. New critical transfers -- pt. 5. Economics and power.

"Trains, literature and culture is the first work to thoroughly explore the railroad's connections with a full range of cultural discourses--including literature, visual art, music, graffiti, and television but also advertising, architecture, cell phones, and more ..."--


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780739165621 (electronic bk.)




Railroads in literature.
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century
Literature and technology--History.
Railroads--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

PN56.R22 / T73 2012

700/.4558