| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Series |
Anthem nineteenth-century series |
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Anthem nineteenth century studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Hinton, Charles Howard, 1853-1907 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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James, William, 1842-1910.
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Hinton, Charles Howard, 1853-1907. (OCoLC)fst00136219
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James, Henry, 1843-1916. (OCoLC)fst00028686
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James, William, 1842-1910. (OCoLC)fst00029108
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. (OCoLC)fst00037177
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Space and time in literature.
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Hyperspace.
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Fourth dimension.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature and literary studies.
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Literature: history and criticism.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers.
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English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
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English literature. (OCoLC)fst00911989
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Fourth dimension. (OCoLC)fst00933422
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Hyperspace. (OCoLC)fst00965827
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Space and time in literature. (OCoLC)fst01127645
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1783086238 9781783086238 (OCoLC)960494980 |
| ISBN |
9781783086252 (electronic bk.) |
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1783086254 (electronic bk.) |
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9781783086245 (electronic bk.) |
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1783086246 (electronic bk.) |
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1783086238 |
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9781783086238 |
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