Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology
- ISBN-10
- 0810885867
- ISBN-13
- 9780810885868
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 334
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Authors
- Cynthia J. Miller, Julie Anne Taddeo
Description
Presents a collection of essays looking at the social and cultural aspects of steampunk and its relationship to popular culture.
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