....i'd have a pile of data on train wrecks in drama, some of them even
on stage. If that is of any help.
best,
Wolfgang
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Department of English /
Centre for Security and Society
Albert Ludwigs University
15 Rempart St.
D- 79098 Freiburg
Am 03.08.2018 um 08:52 schrieb Hal Bush:
> Here's an interesting grad student inquiry from C19 that I thought perhaps =
> some of you might like to respond to or know about ... -hb
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> Dr. Hal Bush
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> Dept. of English
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> Saint Louis University
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> [log in to unmask]
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> 314-977-3616
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> http://halbush.com
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> author website: halbush.com
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> ________________________________
> From: C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists <L-C19-AMERICANIS=
> [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Carolin Alice Hofmann <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 3:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Train Wrecks in Fiction
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>
> Hello,
>
> I=92m writing about 19th century precursors to =91trauma=92 in my doctoral =
> project. For a chapter on journalistic and literary responses to =91railway=
> spine,=92 a condition that marks a shift from physical to psychological ex=
> planations of being harmed by modern technology, I am looking for train wre=
> cks in literature. Specifically, I=92m trying to find representations of ra=
> ilroad accidents in the second half of the 19th century, that are ideally n=
> ot just minor plot events but have a greater significance, as they, for exa=
> mple, invite discussions of chance, risk, accident, lasting psychological d=
> amage, etc. I=92ve already found Howells, A Quality of Mercy, Twain, =93The=
> Danger of Lying in Bed,=94 Newell, Smoked Glass, Chopin, =93Story of an Ho=
> ur,=94 and Holmes, A Moral Antipathy. Any suggestions would be super helpfu=
> l. Nonfictional texts are also interesting to me.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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> Best wishes,
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> Alice ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
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> Carolin Alice Hofmann
> PhD Candidate
> English Department
> University at Albany=97SUNY
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