This essay argues that the cultural reception of thermodynamics in the late nineteenth century reformulated the concept of rhythm in an attempt to manage, mitigate, or acknowledge the problem of waste. Having demonstrated an overlooked historical dialectic between the thermal sciences and prosody, I conclude by reading A. C. Swinburne’s Tristram of Lyonesse to demonstrate how rhythmical excess represents a positive expressive resource.

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热力学节律

本文认为，十九世纪末期对热力学的文化接受重新定义了节奏的概念，以试图管理，减轻或承认浪费问题。在论证了热科学与韵律之间被忽视的历史辩证法之后，我最后通过阅读AC Swinburne的Lyonesse的Tristram来论证节奏性过剩如何代表一种积极的表达资源。