Toys in the Age of Wonder: Science Fiction, Society and the Symbolism of Play
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By the middle 1800s, toys were appearing in forms that drew upon--and that inspired--advances in areas such as optics, biology, geography, transportation, and automation. In these decades, too, a new type of wonder tale was being brought to maturity by a Poe-inspired Jules Verne. The modern wonder tale's highly-charged vision expressed the hopes and the fears, and the delights and the traumas, engendered by "new worlds idealism"--that Western...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0786443928
ISBN13:9780786443925
Release Date:September 2020
Publisher:McFarland & Company
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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