Lab Lit

Exploring Literary and Cultural Representations of Science
Herausgeber: Pilkington, Olga; Pilkington, Ace G.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces and explores a new genre, lab lit. Essays both discuss lab lit novels using a variety of analytical approaches as well as provide a theoretical framework to explore the social and literary backgrounds of the genre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781498566001
• ISBN-10: 1498566006
• Artikelnr.: 63300010

Autorenporträt

Olga A. Pilkington is Assistant Professor of English at Dixie State University. The late Ace G. Pilkington was professor of English and history at Dixie State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Olga A. Pilkington and Ace G. Pilkington
Introduction: What's in a Name?, Olga A. Pilkington
Chapter 1: Frankenstein, Scientism, and the Cultural Reception of
Discovery, Amanda Scott
Chapter 2: Female Scientists Under Strain: Transitions From Lab To Lit To
Screen, Dean Conrad and Lynne Magowan
Chapter 3: Lab Lit and Science Fiction: Similarities and Separations, Ace
G. Pilkington
Chapter 4: Lab Lit and Popular Science, Olga A. Pilkington
Chapter 5: Where Science Meets Fiction: A History and Theory of Laboratory
Production, Matt Hadley
Chapter 6: The Use of Forensic Techniques to Uncover Social Disorder in
Caleb Carr's Alienist Novels, Kimberley H. Idol
Chapter 7: Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior: The Sciences in a
Post-Fact World, Theda Wrede
Chapter 8: The Short Fiction of Andrea Barrett: Lab Lit as Sociology of
Science, Stephanie Chidester
Chapter 9: The Honest Look at Science and Poetry, Elaine Pearce
Chapter 10: Addressing the Gender Gap in STEM through Theatre, Eileen
Trauth and Suzanne Trauth
Chapter 11: Using Science in Writing Mystery Novels, Beverly Connor
Case Study: Lab Lit: Illuminating a Hidden World through the Medium of
Fiction, Jennifer Rohn
ConclusionAbout the Contributors