Minds, bodies, machines, 1770-1930

By Deirdre Coleman, Hilary Fraser

Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Technischer Fortschritt, English language, Engels, History, Maschine, Motiv (Literatur), LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature and technology, Bellettrie, Technology and civilization, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Technologie, Machines, Technological innovations

Description: "It is during the nineteenth-century, the age of machinery, that we begin to witness a sustained exploration of the literal and discursive entanglements of minds, bodies, machines. This book explores the impact of technology upon conceptions of language, consciousness, human cognition, and the boundaries between materialist and esoteric sciences."--