"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.
- ISBN10 0253322189
- ISBN13 9780253322180
- Publish Date 22 November 1986 (first published July 1986)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English