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THE AFTERLIFE OF
ETHER
VICTORIAN PSEUDOSCIENCE,
ETHER, & JOHN DAVIDSON
Lisa Hager
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager
http://bit.ly/tamucc0121
Pronouns: she, her, hers & they, them, theirs
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
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER
• The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
CONCEPTUAL AFTERLIFE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE – PHRENOLOGY
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
From People’s Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1883)
CONCEPTUAL AFTERLIFE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE – PHRENOLOGY
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
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
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
William Thomson, 1st Baron
Kelvin
James Clerk Maxwell
ETHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
ETHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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)
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
Davidson, John. “Epilogue.” The Triumph of Mammon. London: E. Grant Richards, 1907.
161.
JOHN DAVIDSON AND ETHER
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
London: E. Grant Richards,
1909.
JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards St Paul’s Cathedral,
London, circa 1888. Photograph: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty
Images
JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
1) Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.”
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
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?
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
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?
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
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?
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
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
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || she, her, hers or they, them, theirs || @lmhager
STEAMPUNK & TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHER
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
STEAMPUNK & TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHER
THE AFTERLIFE OF
ETHER
VICTORIAN PSEUDOSCIENCE,
ETHER, & JOHN DAVIDSON
Lisa Hager
lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager
http://bit.ly/tamucc0121
Pronouns: she, her, hers & they, them, theirs

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The Afterlife of Ether

  • 1. THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER VICTORIAN PSEUDOSCIENCE, ETHER, & JOHN DAVIDSON Lisa Hager lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager http://bit.ly/tamucc0121 Pronouns: she, her, hers & they, them, theirs
  • 2. 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 lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
  • 3. THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER • The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
  • 4. CONCEPTUAL AFTERLIFE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE – PHRENOLOGY lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, From People’s Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1883)
  • 5. CONCEPTUAL AFTERLIFE OF PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE – PHRENOLOGY lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, A Few of Cesare Lombroso’s Criminal Types
  • 6. THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER • The conceptual afterlife of pseudoscientific knowledge • The brief history of ether in the nineteenth century lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
  • 7. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin James Clerk Maxwell ETHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  • 8. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, ETHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  • 9. 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) lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 10. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, Davidson, John. “Epilogue.” The Triumph of Mammon. London: E. Grant Richards, 1907. 161. JOHN DAVIDSON AND ETHER
  • 11. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, London: E. Grant Richards, 1909. JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 12. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 13. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards St Paul’s Cathedral, London, circa 1888. Photograph: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 14. 1) Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.” lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 15. 1) Read the stanzas and circle any mentions of “ether.” 2) Consider the following questions: • How do you see Davidson using ether? lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 16. 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? lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 17. 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? lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, JOHN DAVIDSON’S “FLEET STREET”
  • 18. 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 lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them,
  • 19. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || she, her, hers or they, them, theirs || @lmhager STEAMPUNK & TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHER
  • 20. lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager || she, her, hers & they, them, STEAMPUNK & TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ETHER
  • 21. THE AFTERLIFE OF ETHER VICTORIAN PSEUDOSCIENCE, ETHER, & JOHN DAVIDSON Lisa Hager lisa.hager@uwc.edu || @lmhager http://bit.ly/tamucc0121 Pronouns: she, her, hers & they, them, theirs