Loving Faster than Light : Romance and Readers in Einstein's Universe /

In November 1919, newspapers around the world alerted readers to a sensational new theory of the universe: Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Coming at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval, Einstein's theory quickly became a rich cultural resource with many uses beyond p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Price, Katy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Temas:
English literature > History and criticism > 20th century.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and science.
Pulp literature, English > History and criticism.
Pulp literature, English > 20th century > History and criticism.
Relativity (Physics) in literature.
Relativity (Physics) > Press coverage.
SCIENCE / General.
romantic, romance, love, einstein, theory, relativity, progress, science, scientist, scientific, academic, scholarly, educational, social, political, economic, culture, cultural, pastiche, britain, parody, history, historical, satire, jokes, newspaper, journalism, new, class, classism, politics, british, immigrant, immigration, 1920s, literary, analysis, stories, poems.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Money
  • Introduction
  • 1. Light Caught Bending: Relativity in the Newspapers
  • 2. Einstein for the Tired Business Man: Exposition in Magazines
  • 3. Cracks in the Cosmos: Space and Time in Pulp Fiction
  • 4. A Lady on Neptune: Arthur Eddington's Talkative Universe
  • 5. A Freak Sort of Planet: Dorothy L. Sayers's Cosmic Bachelors
  • 6. Talking to Mars: William Empson's Astronomy Love Poems
  • Conclusion: Dreaming the Future
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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