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Author Williams, Nathaniel, 1970- author.

Title Gears and God : technocratic fiction, faith, and empire in Mark Twain's America / Nathaniel Williams.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Contents Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "This is Religious, and Totally Different"; Part I: Gears; 1. Inventing the Technocratic Exploration Tale: God, Gears, and Empire; 2. Building Imperialists: The Steam Man, "Used Up" Man, and Man in the Moon; 3. Imagining Inventors: Frank Reade and Dime-Novel Technocratic Exploration; Part II: God; 4. Discovering Biblical Literalism: Frank Reade Redux; 5. Confronting "Fol-de-Rol": Mark Twain, Technocracy, and Religion; 6. Reconstructing Biblical History: Technocratic Explorations, 1899-1910.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Technology in literature.
Technology in literature.
Christianity in literature.
Christianity in literature.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN 9780817391867 (electronic book)
081739186X (electronic book)
9780817319847