Drowsy A Scientific Romance of Telepathy, Wireless Invention, and Early Twentieth-Century American Futurism
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
28.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
148
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1 cm
Gewicht
329 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-4068-1
Drowsy is a curious and elegant example of early twentieth-century American speculative romance, a book in which domestic feeling, social observation, and quasi-scientific wonder are delicately interwoven. Its central figure, known as Drowsy, moves through a narrative concerned with states of consciousness, intuition, affection, and the hidden capacities of the mind. Mitchell's prose is lucid, urbane, and lightly ironic, placing the novel in the tradition of fin-de-siècle romances that treated psychology, spiritualism, and modern science as materials for imaginative fiction. John Ames Mitchell was not only a novelist but also an artist, architect, and influential editor, best remembered as a founder of Life magazine. His varied career helps explain the book's unusual tonal balance: visual precision, satirical restraint, and a fascination with modernity all inform his fiction. Like his other speculative works, Drowsy reflects an age intrigued by invention, mesmerism, and the possibility that science might enlarge rather than diminish mystery. Readers interested in neglected American fiction, early science fantasy, or psychologically inflected romance will find Drowsy rewarding. It is best approached as a subtle literary experiment: graceful, eccentric, and quietly ambitious.
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