Under the Literary Microscope - Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel

A collection of essays examining literary discussions of the role of science, focusing on the interactions between processes of knowledge formation and the socioeconomic and political spheres.

About the author

Sina Farzin is Professor of Sociology at Bundeswehr University Munich. Her research focuses on social exclusion and the sociology of culture and literature.
Susan M. Gaines is Writer in Residence and founder of the Fiction Meets Science Program at the University of Bremen. Her books include the novels Accidentals and Carbon Dreams.
Roslynn D. Haynes is Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her most recent books are From Madman to Crime Fighter: The Scientist in Western Culture and Desert: Nature and Culture.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sina Farzin (Editor), Sina (Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen) Farzin (Editor), Susan M. Gaines (Editor), Susan M. (Writer in Residence Gaines (Editor), Gaines Susan M. (Editor), Roslynn D. Haynes (Editor), Roslynn D. (University of New South Wales) Haynes (Editor), Haynes Roslynn D. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2021
• EAN: 9780271089782
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08978-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: AnthropoScene
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000