The Lives of Machines : The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (464 pages)
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.
Expanded views of the connection between humans and machines in the Victorian era.