Dangerous Creations investigates a previously unidentified genre of nineteenth-century French literature - the inventor novel - where science fiction, naturalism, and decadence intersect.
Dangerous Creations investigates a previously unidentified genre of nineteenth-century French literature - the inventor novel - where science fiction, naturalism, and decadence intersect.
Ana Oancea is an assistant professor of French at the University of Delaware.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Triumph of Official Science in Jules Verne’s Voyages extraordinaires The Responsibilities of Official Scientists The Scientist as National Hero Further Avatars of Official Science In Popular Culture: Official Science to the Rescue! 2. The Rise and Fall of Inventors’ Private Science Becoming an Inventor A Unique Intelligence and Sensibility A Scientific and Artistic Demonstration A Mad Genius Verne’s Engineers The Menace of Private Science In Popular Culture: Nikola Tesla as the Inventor 3. Inventors’ Hypertechnological World in Albert Robida’s Le Vingtième Siècle The Social and Cultural Impact of Technological Growth Humanity Redefined through Technology The World of Prominent Inventors In Popular Culture: Female Inventors in Contemporary Dystopian Narratives 4. Inventing the Future of Naturalism in Emile Zola’s Travail Naturalist Technology Zola’s Inventor and the Utopian Technology of Travail Rewriting Humanity and Heredity In Popular Culture: Technology and/as the Community in Westworld 5. The Language of Artificial Life in Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s L’Eve future Edison and the Phonograph in the French Press Villiers’s Inventor versus His Models, Faust and Prometheus Artificial Life Science and Literature In Popular Culture: Villiers’s Android Reimagined as an Inventor Conclusion
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Triumph of Official Science in Jules Verne’s Voyages extraordinaires The Responsibilities of Official Scientists The Scientist as National Hero Further Avatars of Official Science In Popular Culture: Official Science to the Rescue! 2. The Rise and Fall of Inventors’ Private Science Becoming an Inventor A Unique Intelligence and Sensibility A Scientific and Artistic Demonstration A Mad Genius Verne’s Engineers The Menace of Private Science In Popular Culture: Nikola Tesla as the Inventor 3. Inventors’ Hypertechnological World in Albert Robida’s Le Vingtième Siècle The Social and Cultural Impact of Technological Growth Humanity Redefined through Technology The World of Prominent Inventors In Popular Culture: Female Inventors in Contemporary Dystopian Narratives 4. Inventing the Future of Naturalism in Emile Zola’s Travail Naturalist Technology Zola’s Inventor and the Utopian Technology of Travail Rewriting Humanity and Heredity In Popular Culture: Technology and/as the Community in Westworld 5. The Language of Artificial Life in Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s L’Eve future Edison and the Phonograph in the French Press Villiers’s Inventor versus His Models, Faust and Prometheus Artificial Life Science and Literature In Popular Culture: Villiers’s Android Reimagined as an Inventor Conclusion
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