The Lives of Machines : : The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture.

• Author: Ketabgian, Tamara S.
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, 2011.; Ã2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 pages)

Expanded views of the connection between humans and machines in the Victorian era.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Cover
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Prosthesis
• Chapter 1: Human Parts and Prosthetic Networks: The Victorian Factory and Mesmeric Forces Chapter 1: Human Parts and Prosthetic Networks: The Victorian Factory and Mesmeric Forces
• Animal Machine
• Chapter 2: "Melancholy Mad Elephants": Affect and the Animal Machine in Hard Times Chapter 2: "Melancholy Mad Elephants": Affect and the Animal Machine in Hard Times
• Chapter 3: Brute Appetites: Labor and Leisure in Mary Barton and Early Victorian Manchester Chapter 3: Brute Appetites: Labor and Leisure in Mary Barton and Early Victorian Manchester
• Energy System
• Chapter 4: Psychic Forces: Steam, Water, and Mechanical Perception in The Mill on the Floss Chapter 4: Psychic Forces: Steam, Water, and Mechanical Perception in The Mill on the Floss
• Chapter 5: A "Musical Steam Engine": Sympathy, Technique, and Industrial Community Chapter 5: A "Musical Steam Engine": Sympathy, Technique, and Industrial Community
• Afterword
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Primary Sources: Novels and Fiction Primary Sources: Novels and Fiction
• Other Primary Sources Other Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources Secondary Sources
• Index.