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Telegraphic realism : Victorian fiction and other information systems

Title
Telegraphic realism : Victorian fiction and other information systems / Richard Menke.
Author
Menke, Richard.
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.

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Description
viii, 321 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Subject
  • English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Communication in literature
  • Technology in literature
  • Telecommunication in literature
  • Telegraph in literature
  • Postal service in literature
  • Realism in literature
  • Communication and technology > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-311) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Victorian informatics -- The new post age -- Electric information -- Speaking machines -- Information unveiled -- The telegrapher's tale -- A winged intelligence -- Wireless -- Coda : afterlives of Victorian information.
Call Number
JFE 07-8392
ISBN
  • 9780804756914 (alk. paper)
  • 0804756910 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007008106
OCLC
85851437
Author
Menke, Richard.
Title
Telegraphic realism : Victorian fiction and other information systems / Richard Menke.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-311) and index.
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JFE 07-8392
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