| The Flying Machine and Modern Literature Contributor(s): Goldstein, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253322189 ISBN-13: 9780253322180 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1986 Annotation: "This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modern literary imagination about technology." -- Herbert Sussman ..". succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on all counts... " -- American Literature ..". a landmark in the study of literary and technological history." -- NMAH ..". fascinating... a welcome addition to the growing scholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination." -- Journal of Modern Literature Annual Review This book chronicles precisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes in modern literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 84048043 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.06 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modern literary imagination about technology. --Herbert Sussman . . . succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on all counts . . . --American Literature . . . a landmark in the study of literary and technological history. --NMAH . . . fascinating . . . a welcome addition to the growing scholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination. --Journal of Modern Literature Annual Review This book chronicles precisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes in modern literature. |