Optical Impersonality: Science, Images, and Literary Modernism

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Optical Impersonality Hopkins Studies in Modernism Douglas Mao, Series Editor H S M Optical Impersonality Science, Images, and Literary Modernism Christina Walter Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2014 Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2014 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walter, Christina, 1975– Optical Impersonality : Science, Images, and Literary Modernism / Christina Walter. pages cm. — (Hopkins Studies in Modernism) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-1363-1 (hardback : acid-free paper) ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-1364-8 (electronic) ISBN-10: 1-4214-1363-9 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 1-4214-1364-7 1. Modernism (Literature). 2. Optics in literature. I. Title. PN56.M54W35 2014 809'.9112—dc23 2013035781 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. For Rhonda il miglior fabbro and For S.E.W. who gave his eyes This page intentionally left blank ...