Explores the first appearance of 'science fiction' in the pages of late nineteenth-century general interest periodicals.

This book explores how nineteenth-century science stimulated the emergence of weird tales at the fin de siècle, and examines weird fiction by British writers w

When the term 'dinosaur' was coined in 1842, it referred to fragmentary British fossils. In subsequent decades, American discoveries—including Brontosaurus an

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The first comprehensive study of music and queer identities in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century English literature.