Before Einstein : the fourth dimension in fin-de-siècle in literature and culture /

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Before Albert Einstein proposed the concept of four-dimensional spacetime, late Victorian scientists, radical philosophers and writers were discussing the possibility of a different kind of fourth dimension. Before Einstein offers the first book-length examination of the impact of pre-Relativity fou...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Throesch, Elizabeth (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Anthem Press, 2017.
Collection:Anthem nineteenth century studies.
Sujets:
Hinton, Charles Howard, > 1853-1907 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wells, H. G. > (Herbert George), > 1866-1946 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, William, > 1842-1910.
Hinton, Charles Howard, > 1853-1907
James, Henry, > 1843-1916
James, William, > 1842-1910
Wells, H. G. > (Herbert George), > 1866-1946
1800-1999
Space and time in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Hyperspace.
Fourth dimension.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Hyperespace.
Quatrième dimension.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
English literature
Fourth dimension
Hyperspace
Space and time in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part I: Reading the fourth dimension
  • 1. Imagining 'something perfectly new': problems of language, conception and perception
  • 2. Constructing the fourth dimension: the first series of the Scientific romances
  • 3. The four-dimensional self: personal, political and untimely
  • Part II: Reading through the fourth dimension
  • 4. Four-dimensional consciousness: the correspondence between William James and Charles Howard Hinton
  • 5. H.G. Wells's four-dimensional literary aesthetic
  • 6. Exceeding the 'trap of the reflexive': Henry James's dimensions of consciousness.

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