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From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature
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Haynes, RD, From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature, Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, pp. 417. ISBN 9780801848018 (1994) [Authored Research Book]
Abstract
They were mad, of course. Or evil. Or godless, amoral, arrogant, impersonal, and inhuman. At best, they were well-intentioned but blind to the dangers of forces they barely controlled. They were Faust and Frankenstein, Jekyll and Moreau, Caligari and Strangelove--the scientists of film and fiction, cultural archetypes that reflected ancient fears of tampering with the unknown or unleashing the little-understood powers of nature.
In From Faust to Strangelove Roslyn Haynes offers the first detailed and comprehensive study of the image of the scientist in Western literature and film--from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Authored Research Book |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | literature, fiction |
| Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
| Research Group: | Literary Studies |
| Research Field: | Comparative Literature Studies |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture |
| Author: | Haynes, RD (Dr Roslynn Haynes) |
| ID Code: | 121744 |
| Year Published: | 1994 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2017-10-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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