03597nam 2200721Ia 450 991046519890332120200520144314.01-283-42594-797866134259420-520-95215-410.1525/9780520952157(CKB)2560000000079701(EBL)837109(OCoLC)772845802(SSID)ssj0000585423(PQKBManifestationID)11347604(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585423(PQKBWorkID)10570898(PQKB)11277520(MiAaPQ)EBC837109(MdBmJHUP)muse30954(DE-B1597)520880(DE-B1597)9780520952157(Au-PeEL)EBL837109(CaPaEBR)ebr10525198(CaONFJC)MIL342594(EXLCZ)99256000000007970120110901d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cylinder[electronic resource] kinematics of the nineteenth century /Helmut Müller-SieversBerkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (256 p.)FlashPoints ;9Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27077-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Rise of Kinematics -- 3. The Valuation of Motions -- 4. The Cylinder as Motor -- 5. The Cylinder as Tool -- 6. Kinematics of Narration I: Dickens and the Motion of Serialization -- 7. The Cylinder as Enclosure -- 8. Kinematics of Narration II: Balzac and the Cylindrical Shape of the Plot -- 9. Gears and Screws -- 10. Kinematics of Narration III: Henry James and the Turn of the Screw -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- IndexThe Cylinder investigates the surprising proliferation of cylindrical objects in the nineteenth century, such as steam engines, phonographs, panoramas, rotary printing presses, silos, safety locks, and many more. Examining this phenomenon through the lens of kinematics, the science of forcing motion, Helmut Müller-Sievers provides a new view of the history of mechanics and of the culture of the industrial revolution, including its literature, that focuses on the metaphysics and aesthetics of motion. Müller-Sievers explores how nineteenth-century prose falls in with the specific rhythm of cylindrical machinery, re-imagines the curvature of cylindrical spaces, and conjoins narrative progress and reflection in a single stylistic motion. Illuminating the intersection of engineering, culture, and literature, he argues for a concept of culture that includes an epoch's relation to the motion of its machines.FlashPointsCylindersLiterature, Modern19th centuryThemes, motivesMachinery in literatureMechanics in literatureScience in popular cultureElectronic books.Cylinders.Literature, ModernThemes, motives.Machinery in literature.Mechanics in literature.Science in popular culture.809.915Müller-Sievers Helmut1057528MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465198903321The cylinder2492976UNINA