James Mussell

Science, Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press

Movable Types

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

James Mussell engages with nineteenth-century scientific writing and recent theoretical discussion to propose a new methodology that situates the periodical press in space and time. Well-known writers like H. G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle are discovered in new contexts, while other authors, publishers, editors, and scientists are discussed in way

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 251
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780367887957
• ISBN-10: 0367887959
• Artikelnr.: 58441625

Autorenporträt

James Mussell is a postdoctoral research assistant on the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) and lectures on English literature at various universities in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction: 'Movable types'. Part 1 Spaces: Astronomy and the representation of space
The spectacular spaces of science and detection in the Strand Magazine. Part 2 Times: Representing the present
Discovery and the circulation of names
Periodicity and the rhythms of 19th-century science
Conclusions: 19th-century electricity in the electronic age
Bibliography
Index.