The Time Machine

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 5: Full circle with Dr. Christopher Keep

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 5: Full circle with Dr. Christopher Keep

We talk to Dr. Christopher Keep about the last chapters of The Time Machine, the future, evolution and connection.

Dr. Christopher Keep is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Western University

With Charlene Van Buekenhout (host)
Discussion topics by Dr. Vanessa Warne

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Dalnavert Artifact Tie-In

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The flowers that Weena gives to the time traveler are a little piece of physical evidence from the fantastical adventures he has taken. This tussie mussie would have been filled with a small bouquet of flowers to give off a pleasant aroma for the carrier. The mirror would have given the carrier the ability to look backwards as well - though only through space, not time.

Tussie mussie, c. late 19th-early 20th century.

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 4: Dr. Vanessa Warne

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 4: Dr. Vanessa Warne

This is my conversation with Dr. Vanessa Warne from The University of Manitoba on Victorians and Vegetarianism in The Time Machine!

With Charlene Van Buekenhout (host)
Discussion topics by Dr. Vanessa Warne

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Beef (and meat more widely) was highly valued in the Victorian diet. The reality of the rapid industrialization of meat production in this time is being pushed aside in this idyllic, agricultural image on a platter made specifically for serving a family-sized roast.

Cow platter, c. 1875, based on a painting by T. Boublec.

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 3: Dr. Kathryn Ready

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 3: Dr. Katherine Ready

Dr. Kathryn Ready is an Associate Professor in the English Department at The University of Winnipeg.

Dr. Ready’s specialty is research on Mad Scientists in literature, think Victor Frankenstein, we get into some characteristics of these figures and what they have to do with how we think about the novella.

With Charlene Van Buekenhout (host)
Discussion topics by Dr. Vanessa Warne

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“Mad science” wasn’t just found in Victorian literature, it was also found in the everyday family’s medicine cabinet! Experimental ingredients in some of these treatments included arsenic, strychnine, and chloroform.

Assorted medicines, c. late 1800s - early 1900s.

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 2

The Time Machine Extra-Sode 2: A Conversation about Machines and Media with Dr. Andrew Burke

Editing by Katelyn McIntyre

With Charlene Van Buekenhout (host)
Discussion topics by Dr. Vanessa Warne

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Invention, experimentation, and new technologies were everywhere in the Victorian era, and this influenced the budding literary genre of science-fiction. Machines for image reproduction really took off, and still-image technologies like film cameras were pushed even further into the realm of moving images with cinematographs.

Coco Poco N.4 still camera, c.1896-1903.

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 1

The Time Machine EXTRA-SODE 1: Conversation with Dr. Keep

Hosted by Dalnavert Programming Director Charlene Van Buekenhout

Editing by Katelyn McIntyre
Discussion topics by Dr. Vanessa Warne

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Dalnavert Artifact tie-in

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Time is a major theme in H.G. Wells’ classic story - and was a cultural obsession for the Victorians. As this clock’s timekeeping mechanism is no longer running, it acts as its own little time machine, frozen at 3:00.

Neoclassical style clock, c.1845-1850, faux marble with brass, ebonized wood.

Literature Out Loud at Dalnavert Museum is a serialized Victorian book podcast with EXTRAS! The first extra-sode is a conversation with Dr. Christopher Keep from Western University in London Ontario and me, your host, Charlene. We discuss H.G Wells, his early life and work, time travel and why super comfy chairs are important to the novel. Note: yes I know my video is not great, I have a new camera and the next will be good I promise! Tune in for this conversation and listen/watch the first 2 chapters on our YOUTUBE channel. Subscribe to Apple Podcasts to get just the audio.

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