Science, Fiction, and the Fin-de-Siècle Periodical Press

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Will Tattersdill

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Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

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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.

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Will Tattersdill is Lecturer in Victorian Literature in the Department of English at the University of Birmingham.

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March 29th, 2016

Author

Will Tattersdill

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

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20 Halftones, unspecified; 20 Halftones, black and white

Pages

241

Series

Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

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160x235x15

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9781107144651

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23908058

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