The essay investigates the complex relationship between time and narration, focusing on the personal perception and experience of chronological time connected with the process of writing and reading. This short story, published in 1903, exploits the Wellsian narrative device of time travelling through the peculiar experience of the protagonist, who, thanks to the invention of an elixir, which enables him to move rapidly through time, percieves the unexpected result of a significant time dialation, thus paving the way to Einstein's Relativity.

A 'Single Sitting' Story: H.G. Wells's "The New Accelerator"

Mariateresa Franza
2012-01-01

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The essay investigates the complex relationship between time and narration, focusing on the personal perception and experience of chronological time connected with the process of writing and reading. This short story, published in 1903, exploits the Wellsian narrative device of time travelling through the peculiar experience of the protagonist, who, thanks to the invention of an elixir, which enables him to move rapidly through time, percieves the unexpected result of a significant time dialation, thus paving the way to Einstein's Relativity.
2012
9783034311274
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