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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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