Series Foreword xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Abbreviations xvi
Preface: The Formation of a Panoramaniac xvii
1 Introduction: Moving Panorama -- A Missing Medium
2 The Incubation Era: Antecedents and Anticipations
3 Large as Life, and Moving: The Peristrephic Panorama
4 Rolling Across the Stage: The Moving Panorama and the Theater
5 Transformed by the Light: The Diorama and the "Dioramas"
6 Panoramania: The Mid-Century Moving Panorama Craze
7 Panoramania in Practice: Albert Smith and His Moving Panoramas
8 An Excavation: The Moving Panorama Performance
9 Intermedial Tug of War: Panoramas and Magic Lanterns
10 Sensory Bombardment: A Medium's Final Fanfares
11 Imagination in Motion: The Discursive Panorama
12 Conclusion: From Panoramas to Media Culture
Appendix 371
Bibliography 387
Index 425