Illuminating illusion: electric light and the recreation of the sublime at Niagara Falls
This thesis is an examination of the different conceptions of the sublime in relation to Niagara Falls. Viewing the Falls as representative of numerous key ideas about American nature in general, I argue that its artificial illumination in the early twentieth century made possible the realization of...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38099/ |