From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature Book

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.Read More

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  • 0801849837
  • 9780801849831
  • Professor Roslynn D. Haynes
  • 1 September 1994
  • The Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 432
  • illustrated edition
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