Author: VelocipedePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The velocipede, a poem
The Velocipede
Author: Velocipedomania
Author: Corry CropperPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684484359
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
When blacksmith Pierre Michaux affixed pedals to the front axle of a two-wheeled scooter with a seat, he helped kick off a craze known as velocipedomania, which swept France in the late 1860s. The immediate forerunner of the bicycle, the velocipede similarly reflected changing cultural attitudes and challenged gender norms. Velocipedomania is the first in-depth study of the velocipede fad and the popular culture it inspired. It explores how the device was hailed as a symbol of France’s cutting-edge technological advancements, yet also marketed as an invention with a noble pedigree, born from the nation’s cultural and literary heritage. Giving readers a window into the material culture and enthusiasms of Second Empire France, it provides the first English translations of 1869’s Manual of the Velocipede, 1868’s Note on Monsieur Michaux’s Velocipede, and the 1869 operetta Dagobert and his Velocipede. It also reprints scores of rare images from newspapers and advertisements, analyzing how these magnificent machines captured the era’s visual imagination. By looking at how it influenced French attitudes towards politics, national identity, technology, fashion, fitness, and gender roles, this book shows how the short-lived craze of velocipedomania had a big impact.
The Velocipede
Author: J. T. GoddardPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
This informational book was written in 1869, not long after the author first purchased a bicycle and learned to ride it. There were, to his knowledge, no books available about bicycles and, feeling that he would have benefitted from such a thing, the author wrote this to aid future purchasers. "It is the design of this little work, not only to give a few simple directions to guide the beginner, but to give the history of the machine from its first origin, to treat accurately and impartially of the strength, lightness, superiority, and inferiority of each important machine and patent, and to collect such facts, statistics, and items, as may be of use and information to anyone interested in the subject." - J.T. Goddard
Proceedings
Author: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon TynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Letters and Poems of John Keats ...
Author: John KeatsInto Light, and Other Poems
Author: Frederick K. CrosbyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385509823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Boys' and Girls' New Pictorial Library of Prose, Poetry and Art
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Stephen Crane: Prose & Poetry (LOA #18)
Author: Stephen CranePublisher: Library of America
ISBN: 9780940450172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1422
Book Description
Here in one volume are all of Stephen Crane's best-known works, including the novels The Red Badge of Courage, about a young and confused Union soldier under fire for the first time; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, a vivid portrait of slum life and a young girl's fall; George's Mother, about New York's Bowery and its effect on a young workingman; The Third Violet, about a bohemian artist's country romance; and The Monster, a novella about sacrifice and rescue. The stories collected here include masterpieces like "The Open Boat," "The Blue Hotel," and "The Bride Comes to the Yellow Sky," as well as tales of childhood in small-town America. In his journalism, the best of which is presented here, Crane covered the Spanish-American and Grego-Turkish wars, traveled through Mexico and the West, and reported on the seamier sides of New York City life. The volume concludes with The Black Riders and War Is Kind, collections of epigrammatic free verse that look back to Emily Dickinson and forward to Imagism. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Young People's New Pictorial Library of Poetry and Prose
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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