Victorian steampunk

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4.6 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Victorian era is defined by great leaps in cultural, technological and scientific innovations. In this series compiled from our archive we explore the fast moving world of Queen Victoria.

In this talk historian John Naylor introduces us to steampunk and explores how its creative and aesthetic roots grew from the Victorian industrial revolution.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces.
0:06.0	You're listening to our podcast that explores the history and stories of our six palaces.
0:12.0	These talks are a collection of some of our best live events.
0:16.0	I really hope you enjoy listening.
0:19.0	The Victorian era is defined by great leaps in cultural, technological and scientific innovations.
0:28.1	In this series compiled from our archive, we explore the fast-moving world of Queen Victoria.
0:34.7	In this talk, historian John Naylor introduces us to steampunk and explores how its creative and aesthetic roots grew from the Victorian Industrial Revolution.
0:45.3	Is it all about steam and punk?
0:50.3	Some people would have us believe so.
0:52.3	They would have us believe that unless there's steam in there and punk is not steampunk.
0:58.0	Unfortunately, that is based upon a huge misapprehension, which is where the name comes from.
1:05.0	This is the first use of the term steam pump.
1:08.0	It's a quote from KW Jetta, a letter written to Locust Magazine in 1987.
1:17.2	Jetta's a writer, dozens of books to his name.
1:20.5	It's terrible.
1:21.4	Anybody wants to sort of check the grammar and punctuation on that feel free.
1:27.5	But basically, Jetta,
1:30.4	along with Blaylock and Powers,
1:32.0	were writing cyberpunk novels,
1:34.7	which was the Sopian Future,
1:38.6	high technology, that sort of thing.
1:41.4	And then they all together started to write books. He calls it Gonzo Historical.
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