An introduction to relativity in James Joyce's Ulysses : a thesis presented in partial fulfulment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

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An introduction to relativity in James Joyce's Ulysses : a thesis presented in partial fulfulment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

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Unavailable to Leopold Bloom in 1904, but front page news to Joyce as he scripted Ulysses, Albert Einstein's relativity theories superseded Sir Isaac Newton's theories about absolute space, absolute time, laws of motion, and the universal law of gravitation during the period 1905 - 1922. The opposition between Newtonian mechanics and Einsteinian relativity was played out in the newspapers of the time and incorporated anachronistically into Joyce's novel in his characterisation of Bloom, who i...

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Thesis

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Masters

Date created

1999

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Sanson, Allan Edward / Sanson, Allan

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/12937

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Joyce, James 1882-1941 / Knowledge / Science / Relativity in literature

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