Rewriting the Mechanic Text Technology and the Body in the Eighteenth

Rewriting the Mechanic Text Technology and the Body in the Eighteenth is Volume 1 of the Transits: Literature Thought And Culture 1650 1850 Ser. This scholarly work of history and philosophy examines the evolution of technology during eighteenth century Britain. Rather than focusing on devices, the text explores how written accounts of mechanical arts, from shipbuilding to baking, shaped the concept of technological modernity.

Emily M West utilizes history and criticism to analyze the influence of literary techniques on power, masculinity, and the body. By referencing authors such as Jane Austen and Daniel Defoe, this volume of the Transits: Literature Thought And Culture 1650 1850 Ser connects literature and fiction to the history of technology. The book provides a detailed reference on how written descriptions transformed manual labor into an innovative and authoritative science.