Peter Otto

Gebundenes Buch

Multiplying Worlds

Romanticism, Modernity, and the Emergence of Virtual Reality

Beschreibung

This book argues that modern forms of virtual reality first appear in the urban/commercial milieu of London in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century. To establish this aetiology it maps the emergence of virtual realities in popular entertainment, Enlightenment schemes for managing the real, and Romantic literature and art.

Autor

Peter Otto is Professor of English Literary Studies at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He teaches and researches in the literatures and cultures of modernity, from Romanticism to the new media of today and, amongst numerous administrative roles, has been Associate Dean Information Technology and Multimedia for the Arts Faculty at Melbourne University. He has co-edited two collections of articles on Romanticism and authored two books on William Blake - Constructive Vision and Visionary Deconstruction (1991, Oxford UP) and Blake's Critique of Transcendence (2000, Oxford UP), and written numerous articles on Blake and on Romanticism. A microfilm collection of Gothic Texts (338 volumes), co-edited with Alison Milbank and Marie Mulvey-Roberts, and an accompanying Guide were published by Adam Matthew Publications in 2002-3.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780199567676
• ISBN-10: 0199567670
• Artikelnr.: 31188012