Power Lines: Electricity in American Life and Letters, 1882-1952 by Jennifer L. Lieberman

Power Lines: Electricity in American Life and Letters, 1882-1952

Jennifer L. Lieberman

288 pages hardcover 2017

2 editions

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How electricity became a metaphor for modernity in the United States, inspiring authors from Mark Twain to Ralph Ellison.At the turn of the twentieth century, electricity emerged as a metaphor for modernity. Writers from Mark Twain to Ralph Elliso...

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