Illuminating illusion: electric light and the recreation of the sublime at Niagara Falls

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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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Main Author:	Gallo, Steven
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38099/

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