Dure as Einstein-in-the-Heart by Candice Lee Kent - 9781032662350

Dure as Einstein-in-the-HeartMary Butts and Virginia Woolf\nAuthor(s): Candice Lee Kent\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032662350, 978-1032662350\nSynopsis\nDure as Einstein-in-the-Heart traces the trajectory of modernist interaction with Bergson and Einstein through the works of Virginia Woolf [tel] and Mary Butts [tel]. It presents an overview of critical approaches that focus on time in Woolfs novels, and that foreground Bergson in their analyses of Woolf. It then examines how Woolfs formal experimentation, and theorisation of time, in Jacobs Room [tel] and Mrs Dalloway [tel] relates to Bergsons temporal theories. This is followed by a discussion on the role Bergsons thinking played in the early formulation of Buttss ideas of time, and an analysis of how Bergsons ideas emerge in the short story Angele au Couvent [tel], concluding by highlighting points of contrast in the engagements of Woolf and Butts. The b.