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ISBN-13
9780786443925
Book Title
Toys in the Age of Wonder
ISBN
9780786443925
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
Toys in the Age of Wonder : Science Fiction, Society and the Symbolism of Play
Item Height
0.7in
Author
Mark Rich
Item Length
10in
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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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 pursuit of both mechanical and geographical conquest. Exploring realms belonging to childhood, literature, science, and history, this innovative study weaves together the histories of wonder tales and children's toys, focusing specifically on their modern aspects and how they reflect and express the social attitudes of that time period beginning around 1859 and ending around 1957.

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Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786443928
ISBN-13
9780786443925
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038709311

Product Key Features

Author
Mark Rich
Publication Name
Toys in the Age of Wonder : Science Fiction, Society and the Symbolism of Play
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Ps374.S35r44 2020
Reviews
"Entertaining...If there is a philosophy of toys and toy invention, it is at work here."-- Popcultureshelf.com
Table of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One--Excelsior! Two--Marking the Modern Century Three--The ­Sleep-Journey and the Navigator Four--Tradition and Change in Symbolic Toys Five--Deep Time and the Thinning Veil Six--Early Automata in America Seven--The Moon and the ­Anti-Hero Clock Eight--The Maelstrom and New Worlds Fatalism Nine--Fogg's Journey Ten--Later Automata and Shrunken Globes Eleven--The Magic City Twelve--The Antigravity Clock and the Moon Thirteen--The Middle Years and the Ripping Veil Fourteen--Mockeries of Mass Production Fifteen--The Tattered Veil Sixteen--Lines of Motion and the Horizontal Rocket Seventeen--Thirteen O'Clock Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Studies
Lccn
2020-031295
Dewey Decimal
813.0876209353
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science

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