Creative sparks: literary responses to electricity, 1830-1880

This thesis examines accounts of electricity in journalism, short stories, novels, poetry and instructional writings, composed between 1830 and 1880 by scientific investigators, popular practitioners and fiction authors. The writings are approached as diverse and often incongruous impressions of el...

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Main Author: Pratt-Smith, S
Other Authors: Whitworth, M
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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