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

By: Ketabgian, Tamara SMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2011Copyright date: �2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (464 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780472900350Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Lives of MachinesDDC classification: 820.9/356 LOC classification: PR468Online resources: Click to View
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.
Summary: Expanded views of the connection between humans and machines in the Victorian era.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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