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Author:

Crossland, Rachel, 1983- author.

Title:

Modernist physics : waves, particles, and relativities in the writings of Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence / Rachel Crossland.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 193 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Woolf, Virginia,--1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
Lawrence, D. H.--(David Herbert),--1885-1930--Criticism and interpretation.
Einstein, Albert,--1879-1955--Influence.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Physics in literature.
Literature and science--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.

Contents:

Index. Introduction. A Brownian model for literary crowds : individuals suspended in a mass -- Part I. Waves, particles, and heuristic points of view -- 1. The obligation to choose : dualistic Woolf -- 2. 'Orlando the man and Orlando the woman' : complementary Woolf l -- Part II. Relativities and relativism -- 3. D. H. Lawrence's 'theory of human relativity' -- 4. D. H. Lawrence and 'living relativity' -- Part III. Crowds of molecules, crowds as molecules -- 5. Brownian motion and crowd psychology : shared moment, shared discourse -- 6. A Brownian model for literary crowds : individuals suspended in a mass -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Modernist Physics' studies literary texts and scientific ideas in their historical context to provide an original account of the ways in which Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence engaged with the scientific theories, especially those of Albert Einstein.

Series:

Oxford English monographs

ISBN:

9780198815976
0198815972

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002123730

LCCN:

2017954850

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)