In this revisionary study, Will Tattersdill argues against the
reductive 'two cultures' model of intellectual discourse by
exploring the cultural interactions between literature and science
embodied in late nineteenth-century periodical literature, tracing
the emergence of the new genre that would become known as 'science
fiction'. He examines a range of fictional and non-fictional
fin-de-siecle writing around distinct scientific themes: Martian
communication, future prediction, X-rays, and polar exploration.
Every chapter explores a major work of H. G. Wells, but also
presents a wealth of exciting new material drawn from a variety of
late Victorian periodicals. Arguing that the publications in which
they appeared, as well as the stories themselves, played a crucial
part in the development of science fiction, Tattersdill uses the
form of the general interest magazine as a way of understanding the
relationship between the arts and the sciences, and the creation of
a new literary genre.
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