Before Einstein: The Fourth Dimension in Fin-de-Siècle Literature and Culture

Author:   Elizabeth L. Throesch
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Edition:   First
Volume:   1
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9781783086238


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   02 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Before Einstein: The Fourth Dimension in Fin-de-Siècle 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 four-dimensional theory on literature and culture at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Author:   Elizabeth L. Throesch
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Edition:   First
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781783086238


ISBN 10:   1783086238
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   02 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 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; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

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Journal Science Fiction Studies


This lively and daring book connects several socio-historical threads in late-nineteenth-century Anglo-American culture. Most importantly, how did the idea of the fourth dimension pass from the field of analytical geometry to that of fiction, psychology, and aesthetics?' -Kate Holerhoff 'English Literature in Transition 1880-1920', Vol 61, No. 3, pp. 396-399.


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Elizabeth Throesch received her PhD from the University of Leeds in 2007. She has published articles and book chapters on Lewis Carroll, Herbert Spencer and Charles Howard Hinton, among others.

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