TIME TRAVEL

Drawing on physics, philosophy, narrative theory, psychoanalysis, and film theory, the book links innovations in time travel fiction to specific shifts in the popularization of science. Wittenberg shows how increasing awareness of new scientific models leads to su rprising innovations in the literary time machine, which evolves from a vehicle used chiefly for socio-political commentary into a p sychological and narratological device capable of exploring with great sophistication the temporal structure and significance of sub jects, v...[Leer más]