As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual Reality

Michael Saler

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Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Contexts Chapter One: Living In the Imagination Chapter Two: Delight without Delusion: The New Romance, Spectacular Texts, and Public Spheres Part Two: Cases Chapter Three: Clap If You Believe in Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle and Animistic Reason Chapter Four: From Unreality to Virtual Reality: H.P. Lovecraft and Public Spheres of the Imagination Chapter Five: The Middle Positions of Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and Fictionalism Envoi Bibliography Index

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