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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Cromie ' s hero , Henry Barnett , is a scientist who after twenty years of seclusion
has discovered " the origin of force . " Although he is introduced as somewhat
comic and out of touch with reality , in the manner of the absent - minded
professor ...
Cromie ' s hero , Henry Barnett , is a scientist who after twenty years of seclusion
has discovered " the origin of force . " Although he is introduced as somewhat
comic and out of touch with reality , in the manner of the absent - minded
professor ...
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author ' s concern is to reaffirm the moral status of the hero , but rarely is there
evidence of a moral struggle within the ... a new idea , and the only struggle
depicted is the external one of individual heroes battling an evil monolithic
authority .
author ' s concern is to reaffirm the moral status of the hero , but rarely is there
evidence of a moral struggle within the ... a new idea , and the only struggle
depicted is the external one of individual heroes battling an evil monolithic
authority .
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The authors ' preface stressed the reality of the hero ' s methods : “ The methods
which the fictitious Trant . . . here uses to solve the mysteries which present
themselves to him , are real methods ; the tests he employs are real tests . . . .
they are ...
The authors ' preface stressed the reality of the hero ' s methods : “ The methods
which the fictitious Trant . . . here uses to solve the mysteries which present
themselves to him , are real methods ; the tests he employs are real tests . . . .
they are ...
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The Scientist under Scrutiny | 143 |
The Scientist as Hero | 162 |
The Impersonal Scientist | 211 |
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| Título | From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature, Roslynn Doris Haynes |
| Autores | Roslynn D. Haynes, Roslynn 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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