Dreams and Nightmares : Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Roshwald, Mordecai/ Palumbo, Donald E. (EDT)/ Sullivan III, C.W. (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2008/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 227 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786436941
• DDC分類 809.93356

Full Description

This book studies the treatment of science and technology from ancient myths to current works, demonstrating the importance of science to human civilization as evidenced in literature. Works studied include the Bible, Greek mythology, tales from the Middle Ages (including those about the Golem and Dr. Faustus), Gulliver's Travels, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and works by Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, and Aldous Huxley, among others.

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction     

1. The Bible     

2. Greek Mythology     

3. The Middle Ages     

4. Age of Reason     

5. Science and Human Nature     

6. The Machine Prophet     

7. Evolution: Natural and Designed     

8. Mind Control     

9. The Menace of the Machine     

10. The Threat of Paradise     

11. The Suicide of Civilization     

Conclusion     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index