01606nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000077024 StDuBDS 20150804193945.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110509s2011 enk fo| 001 0 eng d 9780191725364 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PR448 820.935509033 22 Otto, Peter, 1953- Multiplying worlds [electronic resource] : romanticism, modernity, and the emergence of virtual reality / Peter Otto. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. This title argues that modern forms of virtual reality first appear in the urban/commercial milieu of London in the late 18th and early 19th century. To establish this aetiology it maps the emergence of virtual realities in popular entertainment Enlightenment schemes for managing the real, and Romantic literature and art. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Includes bibliographical references and index. Romanticism Great Britain. English literature 18th century History and criticism. English literature 19th century History and criticism. Virtual reality in literature. Amusements Great Britain History 18th century. Print version 9780199567676 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199567676.001.0001 38372 38372