Even though I technically don't have my prospectus approved, I'm going to go ahead and get started anyway. The first chapter I'm going to work on is the HG Wells chapter, which is now Chapter 2. Some things to research:
HG Wells' biographical info - how he related to scientific practice
Henri Bergson's duration theory
other scientific theories related to either time travel (the fourth dimension) or invisibility
Historical context seems to be a logical starting place here. Then I can get back into close reading.
Oh wait! I'm giving a conference paper at the University of Washington in a few weeks on Sherlock Holmes. Maybe I should start with that....and then switch back to Wells when that's done. Things to look for include:
what people have to say about Sherlock Holmes in terms of realism/the supernatural
biographical info on Doyle - how he related to scientific practice
was Holmes' method completely fictional or were there emerging practices like his in the Victorian period?
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