Before Einstein : the fourth dimension in fin-de-siècle in literature and culture /
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...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Anthem Press,
2017.
|
Series: | Anthem nineteenth century studies.
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
MARC
LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | b3183942 | ||
003 | CStclU | ||
005 | 20240524050223.0 | ||
006 | m o d | ||
007 | cr |n||||||||| | ||
008 | 170104s2017 nyua ob 001 0 eng d | ||
015 | |a GBB9E3113 |2 bnb | ||
016 | 7 | |a 019512500 |2 Uk | |
019 | |a jdda967656112 |a jdda967772790 |a jdda980806374 |a jdda1118514125 | ||
020 | |a 9781783086252 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 1783086254 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 9781783086245 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 1783086246 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 9781785271786 |q (pbk.) | ||
020 | |a 1785271784 | ||
020 | |z 1783086238 | ||
020 | |z 9781783086238 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)jdda967683726 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)967683726 |z (OCoLC)967656112 |z (OCoLC)967772790 |z (OCoLC)980806374 |z (OCoLC)1118514125 | ||
037 | |a 100714 |b Knowledge Unlatched | ||
040 | |a YDX |b eng |e pn |c YDX |d JSTOR |d N$T |d OCLCQ |d OCLCF |d ORE |d CHVBK |d ICA |d OCL |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d IOG |d VFL |d LOA |d MERER |d ICG |d U3W |d D6H |d UKKNU |d VTS |d CEF |d OCLCQ |d ICN |d OCLCQ |d ERL |d S9I |d TKN |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d STF |d UPM |d DKC |d AU@ |d CNTRU |d OCLCQ |d UKMGB |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCL | ||
049 | |a STAW | ||
050 | 4 | |a PR149.S75 | |
100 | 1 | |a Throesch, Elizabeth, |e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Before Einstein : |b the fourth dimension in fin-de-siècle in literature and culture / |c Elizabeth L. Throesch. |
264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Anthem Press, |c 2017. | |
300 | |a 1 online resource : |b illustrations | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a data file | ||
490 | 1 | |a Anthem nineteenth-century series | |
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
520 | |a 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. | ||
542 | 1 | |f This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license |u https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode | |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Hinton, Charles Howard, |d 1853-1907 |x Criticism and interpretation. |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Wells, H. G. |q (Herbert George), |d 1866-1946 |x Criticism and interpretation. |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a James, Henry, |d 1843-1916 |x Criticism and interpretation. |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a James, William, |d 1842-1910. |
600 | 1 | 7 | |a Hinton, Charles Howard, |d 1853-1907 |2 fast |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkhKwYYxg8WbcRRqtHgrq |
600 | 1 | 7 | |a James, Henry, |d 1843-1916 |2 fast |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHtPt9YrPTPqfdqkYQMP |
600 | 1 | 7 | |a James, William, |d 1842-1910 |2 fast |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXcPDvKYRv4H6BrdwcT3 |
600 | 1 | 7 | |a Wells, H. G. |q (Herbert George), |d 1866-1946 |2 fast |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJktm943pV4dm9DYJyvj4q |
648 | 7 | |a 1800-1999 |2 fast | |
650 | 0 | |a Space and time in literature. | |
650 | 0 | |a English literature |y 19th century |x History and criticism. | |
650 | 0 | |a English literature |y 20th century |x History and criticism. | |
650 | 0 | |a English fiction |y 19th century |x History and criticism. | |
650 | 0 | |a Hyperspace. | |
650 | 0 | |a Fourth dimension. | |
650 | 7 | |a Literature and literary studies. |2 bicssc | |
650 | 7 | |a Literature: history and criticism. |2 bicssc | |
650 | 7 | |a Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers. |2 bicssc | |
650 | 7 | |a LITERARY CRITICISM |x European |x English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |2 bisacsh | |
650 | 7 | |a English fiction |2 fast | |
650 | 7 | |a English literature |2 fast | |
650 | 7 | |a Fourth dimension |2 fast | |
650 | 7 | |a Hyperspace |2 fast | |
650 | 7 | |a Space and time in literature |2 fast | |
655 | 7 | |a Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2 fast | |
776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |z 1783086238 |z 9781783086238 |w (OCoLC)960494980 |
830 | 0 | |a Anthem nineteenth century studies. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1jktqh1 |z Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |t 0 |
907 | |a .b31839423 |b 240528 |c 181114 | ||
998 | |a uww |b |c m |d z |e l |f eng |g nyu |h 0 | ||
919 | |a .ulebk |b 2024-02-15 | ||
917 | |a JSTOR Open Access Ebooks | ||
999 | f | f | |i 7e37ad06-f344-5ad9-b4f8-42b1e6d04f8c |s b4765d89-deef-5e2c-a6c6-cb39eea647e8 |t 0 |