Isobel Armstrong's startlingly original book tells the stories that spring from the mass-production of glass in nineteenth-century England. Moving across technology, industry, local history, architecture, literature, print culture, the visual arts,...
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Isobel Armstrong's startlingly original book tells the stories that spring from the mass-production of glass in nineteenth-century England. Moving across technology, industry, local history, architecture, literature, print culture, the visual arts, optics, and philosophy, it will transform our understanding of the Victorian period. - ;Isobel Armstrong's startlingly original and beautifully illustrated book tells the stories that spring from the mass-production of glass in nineteenth-century England. Moving across technology, industry, local history, architecture, literature, print culture, the
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction. The Poetics of Transparency; PART I: FACETS OF GLASS CULTURE: MAKING AND BREAKING GLASS; PART II: PERSPECTIVES OF THE GLASS PANEL: WINDOWS, MIRRORS, WALLS; PART III: LENS-MADE IMAGES: OPTICAL TOYS AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS; Notes; Bibliography; Index