As if : modern enchantment and the literary prehistory of virtual reality / Michael Saler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saler, Michael T., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantastic, The, in literature.

Virtual reality in literature.

Marvelous, The, in literature.

Imaginary societies in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Summary:

A history of imaginary worlds from the late nineteenth century to the present, from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes to the virtual worlds of computer games.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Living in the Imagination

2. Delight without Delusion: The New Romance, Spectacular Texts, and Public Spheres

3. Clap If You Believe in Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle and Animistic Reason

4. From "Virtual Unreality" to Virtual Reality: H. P. Lovecraft and Public Spheres of the Imagination

5. The Middle Positions of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien and Fictionalism

Envoi

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Saler, Michael As If

ISBN:

9780199711253

9780199711253 (electronic book)

9786613427007

9781283427005

1283427001

9780199887804

0199887802

9780199711260

0199711267

OCLC:

772844634