UID:
almahu_9947413835502882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781316534724 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 105
Content:
In this revisionary study, Will Tattersdill argues against the reductive 'two cultures' model of intellectual discourse by exploring the cultural interactions between literature and science embodied in late nineteenth-century periodical literature, tracing the emergence of the new genre that would become known as 'science fiction'. He examines a range of fictional and non-fictional fin-de-siècle writing around distinct scientific themes: Martian communication, future prediction, X-rays, and polar exploration. Every chapter explores a major work of H. G. Wells, but also presents a wealth of exciting new material drawn from a variety of late Victorian periodicals. Arguing that the publications in which they appeared, as well as the stories themselves, played a crucial part in the development of science fiction, Tattersdill uses the form of the general interest magazine as a way of understanding the relationship between the arts and the sciences, and the creation of a new literary genre.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016).
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: material entanglements; 1. Intrinsic intelligibility; 2. Distance over time; 3. New photography; 4. Further northward; Conclusion: bad science and the study of English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107144651
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316534724
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