02463 am 22004933u 450 991015862380332120230810001625.01-78308-625-4(CKB)3710000001007845(MiAaPQ)EBC4774325(OCoLC)980836751(ScCtBLL)9abb9768-f934-4e5e-8e8e-cbe9580bfb17(EXLCZ)99371000000100784520170118h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBefore Einstein the fourth dimension in fin-de-siècle in literature and culture /Elizabeth L. ThroeschLondon, England ;New York, New York :Anthem Press,2017.©20171 online resource (222 pages)Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series1-78308-623-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Imagining something perfectly new: problems of language, conception and perception -- Constructing the fourth dimension: the first series of the scientific romances -- The four-dimensional self: personal, political and untimely -- Four-dimensional consciousness: the correspondence between William James and Charles Howard Hinton -- H.G. Wells's four-dimensional literary aesthetic -- Exceeding the trap of the reflexive: Henry James's dimensions of consciousness.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.Anthem nineteenth century studies.Space and time in literatureEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismSpace and time in literature.English literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.809.93384Throesch Elizabeth936206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910158623803321Before Einstein2109048UNINA