Title: Before Einstein
Description: 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.
Subjects: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 19th century, Fourth dimension, Travel in literature, English literature, History and criticism, Space and time in literature, Time travel in literature, Modern Literature