The Alternative Modernity of the Bicycle in British and French Literature, 1880–1920 / / Una Brogan.
Examines the bicycle as a literary device and a cultural phenomenon at the turn of the century in Britain and FranceOffers close readings and contextualisation of novels by canonical cross-channel authors including H.G. Wells, Grant Allen, Maurice Leblanc, Dorothy Richardson and Marcel ProustProvide...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture : ECSVC
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Text and Transport
- 2 Liberation on Two Wheels: Class, Gender and the Bicycle in Literature
- 3 The Body and the Machine: The Sensory Discoveries of the Cyclist
- 4 Moving Forward: Space, Time and the Bicycle
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index