Sudden changes, opportunities or revelations have always carried a
special significance in western culture, from the Greek and later
the Christian kairos to Evangelical experiences of conversion. This
fascinating book explores the ways in which England, under the
influence of industrializing forces and increased precision in
assessing the passing of time, attached importance to moments and
events that compress great significance into small units of time.
Sue Zemka questions the importance that modernity invests in
momentary events, from religion to aesthetics and philosophy. She
argues for a strain in Victorian and early modern novels critical
of the values the age invested in moments of time, and suggests
that such novels also offer a correction to contemporary culture
and criticism, with its emphasis on the momentary event as an
agency of change.
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