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Gears and God : technocratic fiction, faith, and empire in Mark Twain's America / Nathaniel Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Nathaniel, 1970- author.
- Series:
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Technology in literature.
- Christianity in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction: "This is religious, and totally different"
- Part I. Gears
- Inventing the technocratic exploration tale: God, gears, and empire
- Building imperialists: the steam man, "used up" man, and man in the moon
- Imagining inventors: Frank Reade and dime-novel technocratic exploration
- Part II. God
- Discovering Biblical literalism: Frank Reade redux
- Confronting "Fol-de-rol": Mark Twain, technocracy, and religion
- Reconstructing Biblical history: technocratic explorations, 1899-1910
- Conclusion: technocratic exploration's legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-198) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0817319840
- 9780817319847
- OCLC:
- 1013501415
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