LEADER 03597nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910465198903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-42594-7 010 $a9786613425942 010 $a0-520-95215-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520952157 035 $a(CKB)2560000000079701 035 $a(EBL)837109 035 $a(OCoLC)772845802 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347604 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10570898 035 $a(PQKB)11277520 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837109 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30954 035 $a(DE-B1597)520880 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520952157 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837109 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10525198 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342594 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000079701 100 $a20110901d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cylinder$b[electronic resource] $ekinematics of the nineteenth century /$fHelmut Mu?ller-Sievers 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 0 $aFlashPoints ;$v9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-27077-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. The Rise of Kinematics -- $t3. The Valuation of Motions -- $t4. The Cylinder as Motor -- $t5. The Cylinder as Tool -- $t6. Kinematics of Narration I: Dickens and the Motion of Serialization -- $t7. The Cylinder as Enclosure -- $t8. Kinematics of Narration II: Balzac and the Cylindrical Shape of the Plot -- $t9. Gears and Screws -- $t10. Kinematics of Narration III: Henry James and the Turn of the Screw -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aThe Cylinder investigates the surprising proliferation of cylindrical objects in the nineteenth century, such as steam engines, phonographs, panoramas, rotary printing presses, silos, safety locks, and many more. Examining this phenomenon through the lens of kinematics, the science of forcing motion, Helmut Müller-Sievers provides a new view of the history of mechanics and of the culture of the industrial revolution, including its literature, that focuses on the metaphysics and aesthetics of motion. Müller-Sievers explores how nineteenth-century prose falls in with the specific rhythm of cylindrical machinery, re-imagines the curvature of cylindrical spaces, and conjoins narrative progress and reflection in a single stylistic motion. Illuminating the intersection of engineering, culture, and literature, he argues for a concept of culture that includes an epoch's relation to the motion of its machines. 410 0$aFlashPoints 606 $aCylinders 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y19th century$xThemes, motives 606 $aMachinery in literature 606 $aMechanics in literature 606 $aScience in popular culture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCylinders. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aMachinery in literature. 615 0$aMechanics in literature. 615 0$aScience in popular culture. 676 $a809.915 700 $aMu?ller-Sievers$b Helmut$01057528 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465198903321 996 $aThe cylinder$92492976 997 $aUNINA