Toys in the age of wonder : science fiction, society and the symbolism of play /

Toys in the age of wonder : science fiction, society and the symbolism of play /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rich, Mark, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Subjects:
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Toys > United States > History > 19th century.
Toys > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > United States.

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