Charles Dickens in cyberspace : the afterlife of the nineteenth century in postmodern culture
by
 
Clayton, Jay, 1951-

Title
Charles Dickens in cyberspace : the afterlife of the nineteenth century in postmodern culture

Author
Clayton, Jay, 1951-

ISBN
9780195160512

Personal Author
Clayton, Jay, 1951-

Publication Information
New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Physical Description
x, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents
Dickens browses the World Wide Web -- The past in the future of cultural studies Crystal Palace in millennium dome -- The voice in the machine Haslitt, Austen, Hardy, and James -- Undisciplined cultures peacock, Mary Somerville, and Mr. Pickwick -- Hacking the nineteenth century babbage and lovelace in The Difference Engine and Arcadia -- Concealed circuits Frankenstein's monster, replicants, and cyborgs -- Is pip postmodern? Or, Dickens at the turn of the millennium -- Genome time new age evolution, The Gold Bug variations, and Gattaca -- Convergence of the two cultures a geek's guide.

Personal Subject
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870-Appreciation-United States.

Subject Term
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
 
Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
 
English literature -- Appreciation -- United States.
 
Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.
 
Literature and science -- United States.
 
Literature and science -- Great Britain.
 
Romanticism -- Great Britain.

Geographic Term
United States -- Civilization -- British influences.
 
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
 
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2002011755-d.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2002011755-b.html


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