The Flying Machine and Modern Literature

By Laurence Goldstein

"This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modern literary imagination about technology." --Herbert Sussman

" . . . succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on all counts . . . " --American Literature

" . . . a landmark in the study of literary and technological history." --NMAH

" . . . fascinating . . . a welcome addition to the growing scholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination." --Journal of Modern Literature Annual Review

This book chronicles precisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes in modern literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253322189
• ISBN13: 9780253322180
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher