Date of Award
Summer 8-1-2021
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Dr. Joshua Bernstein
Committee Chair School
Humanities
Committee Member 2
Dr. Olivia Clare
Committee Member 2 School
Humanities
Committee Member 3
Dr. Alexandra Valint
Committee Member 3 School
Humanities
Committee Member 4
Dr. Craig Carey
Committee Member 4 School
Humanities
Abstract
This project comprises both a critical preface and a novel about the luminiferous aether and various scientists who postulate aether as a medium in which faeries dwell. A variety of figures, both real and fictional, are featured, from Isaac Newton and Hermann Oberth to 19th-century biologists and physicists. The main plot concerns a family, the Adlers, from the late-19th century to just before World War II, and follows the different members as they each try to communicate with faeries in their own way.
Copyright
Noah Devros, 2021
Recommended Citation
Devros, Noah, "Fallen Matter: A Novel" (2021). Dissertations. 1898.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1898