Search Results - "Mary Shelley"

Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / by Willis, Martin, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Hoffmann and the magic of mesmerism -- Mary Shelley's electric imagination -- The human experiments of Edgar Allan Poe -- Verne's deep-sea investigations on dry land -- Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's invention of psychical research -- H.G. …”
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Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century / by Willis, Martin, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Hoffmann and the magic of mesmerism -- Mary Shelley's electric imagination -- The human experiments of Edgar Allan Poe -- Verne's deep-sea investigations on dry land -- Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's invention of psychical research -- H.G. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view