Toys in the Age of Wonder

Science Fiction, Society and the Symbolism of Play

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

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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Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-23
Mått:178 x 254 x 18 mm
Vikt:626 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786443925

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Mark Rich has written multiple books on toys and toy history, along with numerous articles on science fiction literature. He lives in Cashton, Wisconsin.

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“Entertaining…If there is a philosophy of toys and toy invention, it is at work here.”—Popcultureshelf.com

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceOne—Excelsior!Two—Marking the Modern CenturyThree—The Sleep-Journey and the NavigatorFour—Tradition and Change in Symbolic ToysFive—Deep Time and the Thinning VeilSix—Early Automata in AmericaSeven—The Moon and the Anti-Hero ClockEight—The Maelstrom and New Worlds FatalismNine—Fogg’s JourneyTen—Later Automata and Shrunken GlobesEleven—The Magic CityTwelve—The Antigravity Clock and the MoonThirteen—The Middle Years and the Ripping VeilFourteen—Mockeries of Mass ProductionFifteen—The Tattered VeilSixteen—Lines of Motion and the Horizontal RocketSeventeen—Thirteen O’ClockChapter NotesBibliographyIndex