Utopian Literature and Science
From the Scientific Revolution to Brave New World and Beyond
Authors: Parrinder, Patrick
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Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.
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Patrick Parrinder is a leading authority on H.G Wells and his book Shadows of the Future won the 1996 University of California Eaton Award. He is author of Nation and Novel (2006) and General Editor of the ongoing 12-volume Oxford History of the Novel in English. A Fellow of the English Association, he is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Reading.
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- Book Title
- Utopian Literature and Science
- Book Subtitle
- From the Scientific Revolution to Brave New World and Beyond
- Authors
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- Patrick Parrinder
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-45678-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137456786
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-45677-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 222
- Topics