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Author:

Williams, Rosalind H.

Title:

The triumph of human empire : Verne, Morris, and Stevenson at the end of the world / Rosalind Williams.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 416 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Fantasy fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.
Verne, Jules,--1828-1905--Criticism and interpretation.
Morris, William,--1834-1896--Criticism and interpretation.
Stevenson, Robert Louis,--1850-1894--Criticism and interpretation.
Verne, Jules,--1828-1905.
Morris, William,--1834-1896.
Stevenson, Robert Louis,--1850-1894.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: An Event of Consciousness -- The Rise of Human Empire -- Part One: Jules Verne -- Life on the Loire -- The Empire of Paris -- Inventing the Geographic Romance -- The End of the World -- Part Two: William Morris -- Life on the Thames -- Pilgrimage to a Holy Land -- A River of Fire -- From Romance to Fantasy -- Part Three: Robert Louis Stevenson -- Romantic Engineering and Engineering Romance -- Two Voyages: Inland Waterways and High Seas -- Worlds of Wonder and Problematic Shores -- The Romance of Destiny -- Afterword: A Rolling Apocalypse.

ISBN:

0226899551 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226899558 (cloth : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828626854

LCCN:

2013006682

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)