Download or read book Science and Technology in the Age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James written by S. Halliday and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century literature and culture. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards. As well as many fascinating hitherto under-studied writers.