Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America - Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism - Nathaniel Williams - Books - The University of Alabama Press - 9780817319847 - July 31, 2018
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Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America - Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism


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Provides a revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith. In Gears and God, Nathaniel Williams analyses the genre of technology-themed exploration novels - dime novel adventure stories featuring steam-powered and electrified robots, airships, and submersibles.


216 pages, 5 black & white figures, 2 maps, 3 tables

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 31, 2018
ISBN13 9780817319847
Publishers The University of Alabama Press
Pages 216
Dimensions 236 × 160 × 24 mm   ·   504 g

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