CRITICISM

Hoffmann, Banesh. “Introduction.” In Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1952.

Discusses the relevance of Flatland to a 1950s reading audience.

Renz, Peter. “‘The World Is Broad and Wide’: A Modern Mathematician Annotates a Classic and Gives It Yet Another Dimension.” Scientific American 286, no. 4 (April 2002): 89-90.

Praises mathematician Ian Stewart's annotated edition of Flatland and includes a list of works, both fiction and nonfiction, inspired by the novel.

Stewart, Ian. “Tales of the Unexpected: How Media Hype Led the Victorians Back to the Future.” New Scientist 17, nos. 2322-2323 (22-29 December 2001): 68-9.

Explains the Victorian fascination with time travel and multiple dimensions.

Additional coverage of Abbott's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 178; and Literature Resource Center.