Mesmerists, monsters, and machines : science fiction and the cultures of science in the nineteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Willis, Martin, 1971-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Science fiction > History and criticism. Fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Literature and science. Science > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Literature, science, and science fiction
E.T.A. 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. Wells in the laboratory
Conclusion : the progress of literature and science; or, a refrain on interdisciplinarity.