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Modernism, Science, and Technology

By Mark S. Morrisson

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury UK
Year
2016
ISBN
9781474233439, 9781474233415, 9781474233422, 9781474233446
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
753 kB (771447 bytes)
Series
New Modernisms
Pages
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Library
Memory of the World Library
Time added
2022-01-24 07:44:47
AmericanComparative LiteratureEnglish; Irish; Scottish; WelshEuropeangeneralHistoryLiterary CriticismScienceSemiotics & Theory

Description

From quantum physics and genetics to psychology and the social sciences, from the development of atomic weapons to the growing mass media of film and radio, the early 20th century was a period of intense scientific and technological change. Modernism, Science, and Technology surveys the scientific contexts of writers from H.G. Wells and Gertrude Stein to James Joyce and Virginia Woolf and the ways in modernist writers responded to these paradigm shifts. Introducing key concepts from science studies and their implications for the study of modernist literature, the book includes chapters covering the physical sciences, mathematics, life sciences, social sciences and 'pseudosciences'. Including a timeline of key developments and guides to further reading, this is an essential guide to students and researchers studying the topic at all levels.

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