From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western LiteratureThey 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. |
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Evil Alchemists and Doctor Faustus | 9 |
Bacons New Scientists | 23 |
Foolish Virtuosi | 35 |
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| Título | From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature Johns Hopkins paperbacks |
| Autor | Roslynn D. Haynes |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 27 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0801848016, 9780801848018 |
| Largo | 417 páginas |
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