| Series |
Oxford English monographs
Oxford English monographs. ^A200862
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| Contents |
Note to the reader -- Introduction. The balancing act of literature and science -- 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017954850 |
| ISBN | 0198815972 |
| ISBN | 9780198815976 |
