Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Between the Acts
A village pageant on a June day in 1939 — England's historical-cultural reckoning at the brink of the Second World War
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Between the Acts (Last) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Between the Acts
Single June 1939 day; long historical time the pageant recapitulates.
Space
Between the Acts
Pointz Hall and grounds, the village, broader England.
Matter
Between the Acts
Embodied villagers and gentry; costumes, props, material life of pageant.
Observer
Between the Acts
Multiple consciousnesses; Miss La Trobe as artist-organiser.
Energy
Between the Acts
Energies of pageant performance; broader energies of England at the brink of war.
Information
Between the Acts
Discrete pageant content; slowly accumulating personal-relational information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Posthumous publication three months after Woolf's suicide affected reception; readers sometimes treat it as final testament rather than the experimental novel it is.