Dreams and Nightmares

Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7864-3694-1
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

Reihe: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy

This book studies the treatment of science and technology from ancient myths to current works, demonstrating the importance of science to human civilization as evidenced in literature. The works studied include the Bible, Greek mythology, tales from the Middle Ages (including those about the Golem and Dr. Faustus), ""Gulliver's Travels"", ""Frankenstein"", ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", and works by Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, and Aldous Huxley, among others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roshwald, Mordecai

Palumbo, Donald E.

Sullivan, Iii C. W.

Über Autor(innen)

Mordecai Roshwald is professor emeritus of social science and humanities at the University of Minnesota. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Israel, United Kingdom, Canada and Taiwan and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is also in the English department at East Carolina University.