{"product_id":"9781681371191","title":"Gaslight: Lantern Slides from the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eA one-of-a-kind exploration of the 19th century that ties the time period to our own through essays on a variety of topics in music, film, literature, and art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGaslight\u003c\/i\u003e, Joachim Kalka delves into the mythos of the  nineteenth century, exploring our fascination with its “auratic  gaslight,” its mingling of romanticism and modernity, enlightenment and  darkness. Here we find the roots of our contemporary preoccupations:  gender roles and sexuality, terrorism and technology, mad scientists and  serial killers, kitsch and commodification. Mustering a wealth of  cultural references, Kalka draws illuminating connections between Balzac  and Billy Wilder, Mickey Mouse and the arms race, the cake fights of  Laurel and Hardy and Madame Bovary’s wedding cake. He brings the  nineteenth century to life with all its contradictions, aspirations, and  absurdities, inviting us to reexamine that era and our own, and the  stories we tell ourselves about history.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163872805104,"sku":"9781681371191","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681371191_p0.jpg?v=1763692534","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681371191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}