The Speed Handbook : Velocity, Pleasure, Modernism /

Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley's claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected nearly...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Duffy, Enda (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Fish, Stanley (Editor), Jameson, Fredric (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Duke University Press, [2009]
Series:	Post-Contemporary Interventions
Subjects:	Civilization, Modern > 20th century. Speed > Social aspects. Time > Social aspects. Civilisation > 20e siècle. Vitesse > Aspect social. Temps > Aspect social. LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book