the afterlife of ether: victorian pseudosciences, ether, and john davidson's "fleet...
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THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
VICTORIAN PSEUDOSCIENCE, ETHER, & JOHN DAVIDSON
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THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
• The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge
• The brief history of ether in the nineteenth century
• John Davidson’s use of ether in his poem “Fleet Street” (1909)
• Ether’s continued influence on twenty-first century steampunk
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THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
• The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge
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CONCEPTUAL AFTERLIFE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE – PHRENOLOGY
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From People’s Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1883)
CONCEPTUAL AFTERLIFE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE – PHRENOLOGY
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A Few of Cesare Lombroso’s Criminal Types
THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
• The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge
• The brief history of ether in the nineteenth century
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
James Clerk Maxwell
ETHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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ETHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
• The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge
• The brief history of ether in the nineteenth century
• John Davidson’s use of ether in his poem “Fleet Street” (1909)
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Woodcut of John Davidson by Robert Bryden
Poets of the younger generation 1902 by William
Archer
The Magazine of poetry and literary review, Volume 8 (1896) The Peter Paul Book Company
Contemporary portraits By Frank Harris 1915
James Russell, photographer
Portrait of John Davidson by William Rothenstein
The Yellow Book, Vol. 4 (1895)
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
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Davidson, John. “Epilogue.” The Triumph of Mammon. London: E. Grant Richards, 1907. 161.
JOHN DAVIDSON AND ETHER
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London: E. Grant Richards, 1909.
JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
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A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards St Paul’s Cathedral, London, circa 1888. Photograph: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
1)Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.”
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
1)Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.”
2)Consider the following questions:
• How do you see Davidson using ether?
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
1)Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.”
2)Consider the following questions:
• How do you see Davidson using ether?
• How does it relate to the street’s bricks, the rings of Saturn or both?
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
1)Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.”
2)Consider the following questions:
• How do you see Davidson using ether?
• How does it relate to the street’s bricks, the rings of Saturn or both?
•What is its function in the vision of the universe that he gives us?
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JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
• The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge
• The brief history of ether in the nineteenth century
• John Davidson’s use of ether in his poem “Fleet Street” (1909)
• Ether’s continued influence on twenty-first century steampunk
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STEAMPUNK & TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHER
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STEAMPUNK & TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHER
THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
VICTORIAN PSEUDOSCIENCE, ETHER, & JOHN DAVIDSON
Lisa [email protected] || @lmhager
http://bit.ly/etherstockton Pronouns: she, her, hers or they, them, theirs