| The Cylinder: Kinematics of the Nineteenth Century Volume 9 Contributor(s): Müller-Sievers, Helmut (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0520270770 ISBN-13: 9780520270770 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 809.915 |
| LCCN: 2011033138 |
| Series: Flashpoints (University of California Press) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cylinder investigates the surprising proliferation of cylindrical objects in the nineteenth century, such as steam engines, phonographs, panoramas, rotary printing presses, silos, safety locks, and many more. Examining this phenomenon through the lens of kinematics, the science of forcing motion, Helmut M ller-Sievers provides a new view of the history of mechanics and of the culture of the industrial revolution, including its literature, that focuses on the metaphysics and aesthetics of motion. M ller-Sievers explores how nineteenth-century prose falls in with the specific rhythm of cylindrical machinery, re-imagines the curvature of cylindrical spaces, and conjoins narrative progress and reflection in a single stylistic motion. Illuminating the intersection of engineering, culture, and literature, he argues for a concept of culture that includes an epoch's relation to the motion of its machines. |