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Charles Dickens In Cyberspace : The Afterlife Of The Nineteenth Century In Postmodern Culture

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Jay Clayton
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2003
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In Charles Dickens in Cyberspace nineteenth-century figures–Jane Austen, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Ada Lovelace, Joseph Paxton, Mary Shelley, and Mary Somerville–meet a lively group of counterparts from today: Andrea Barrett, Greg Bear, Peter Carey, Helene Cixous, Alfonso Cuaron, William Gibson, Donna Haraway, David Lean, Richard Powers, Salman Rushdie, Ridley Scott, Susan Sontag, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, and Tom Stoppard. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Dickens, Charles, · 1812-1870 · Appreciation · United States · English literature · 19th century · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Criticism · History · 20th century · Postmodernism (Literature) · Literature and science · Great Britain · Romanticism · Civilization · British influences · Clayton, Jay, 1951-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR451 .C58 2003 AVAILABLE

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Visions Of The Land : Science, Literature, And The American Environment From The Era Of Exploration To The Age Of Ecology

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Michael A. Bryson
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Book, University Press of Virginia, 2002
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Bryson offers a literary-critical analysis of how writers of different backgrounds, scientific training, and geographic experiences represented nature through various kinds of natural science, from natural history to cartography to resource management to ecology and evolution, and in the process, explored the possibilities and limits of science itself. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · History and criticism · Environmental literature · Literature and science · United States · History · Environmental protection in literature · Wilderness areas in literature · Landscape in literature · Ecology in literature · Nature in literature · Bryson, Michael A., 1967-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS169.E25 B79 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS169.E25 B79 2002	AVAILABLE

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Design And Debris : A Chaotics Of Postmodern American Fiction

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Joseph M. Conte
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Book, University of Alabama Press, 2002
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Chaotic behavior in systems in literature · Literature and science · United States · History · 20th century · Postmodernism (Literature) · Conte, Joseph Mark, 1960-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.C4 C66 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.C4 C66 2002	AVAILABLE

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American Women Of Letters And The Nineteenth-century Sciences : Styles Of Affiliation

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Nina Baym
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Book, Rutgers University Press, 2002
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American literature · 19th century · History and criticism · Literature and science · United States · History · 19th century · Women and literature · Women authors · Women in science · Science · Women scientists · Science in literature · Baym, Nina
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS217.S34 B39 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS217.S34 B39 2002	AVAILABLE

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Science And Destabilization In The Modern American Gothic : Lovecraft, Matheson, And King

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David A. Oakes
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Book, Greenwood Press, 2000
Description
The writers of Gothic literature reflect in their works the concerns and fears of the times in which they were created. It argues that science and technology are central to the destabilization process in works by these authors, and it demonstrates how, as cultural artifacts, their writings reflect the fears and concerns of contemporary society. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lovecraft, H. P. · (Howard Phillips), · 1890-1937 · Criticism and interpretation · Matheson, Richard, · 1926- · King, Stephen, · 1947- · Horror tales, American · History and criticism · Gothic revival (Literature) · United States · Literature and science · History · 20th century · Science fiction, American · Oakes, David A., 1968-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.G68 O18 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.G68 O18 2000	AVAILABLE

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A Question Of Character : Scientific Racism And The Genres Of American Fiction, 1892-1912

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Cathy Boeckmann
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Book, University of Alabama Press, 2000
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American fiction · 19th century · History and criticism · Racism in literature · 20th century · Literature and science · United States · History · Characters and characteristics in literature · Race discrimination in literature · Passing (Identity) in literature · African Americans in literature · Eugenics in literature · Literary form · Boeckmann, Cathy, 1968-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.R34 B64 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.R34 B64 2000	AVAILABLE

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Cosmic Engineers : A Study Of Hard Science Fiction

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Gary Westfahl
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Book, Greenwood Press, 1996
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The first comprehensive critical study of hard science fiction, this book reveals how the term “hard science fiction” originated, and how arguments about its range and nature have unfolded. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Science fiction, American · History and criticism · Literature and technology · United States · History · 20th century · Literature and science · Space sciences in literature · Cosmology in literature · Science fiction · Westfahl, Gary
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.S35 W43 1996 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.S35 W43 1996	AVAILABLE

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Parallel Expeditions : Charles Darwin And The Art Of John Steinbeck

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Brian E. Railsback
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Book, University of Idaho Press, 1995
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Steinbeck, John, · 1902-1968 · Knowledge · Science · Darwin, Charles, · 1809-1882 · Influence · Literature and science · United States · History · 20th century · American fiction · English influences · Social Darwinism in literature · Evolution in literature · Biology in literature · Railsback, Brian E
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3537.T3234 Z844 1995 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3537.T3234 Z844 1995	AVAILABLE

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Melville’s Science : "Devilish Tantalization Of The Gods!"

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Richard Dean Smith
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Book, Garland Pub, 1993
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Melville, Herman, · 1819-1891 · Knowledge · Science · Literature and science · United States · History · 19th century · Science in literature · English fiction · Smith, Richard Dean, 1931-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS2388.S35 S63 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS2388.S35 S63 1993	AVAILABLE

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Mechanism And Mysticism : The Influence Of Science On The Thought And Work Of Theodore Dreiser

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Louis J. Zanine
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Book, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993
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Dreiser, Theodore, · 1871-1945 · Knowledge · Science · Literature and science · United States · History · 20th century · Science in literature · Zanine, Louis J
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3507.R55 Z88 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3507.R55 Z88 1993	AVAILABLE

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Mark Twain And Science : Adventures Of A Mind

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Sherwood Cummings
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Book, Louisiana State University Press, 1988
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Twain, Mark, · 1835-1910 · Knowledge · Science · Literature and science · United States · History · 19th century · Science in literature · Cummings, Sherwood, 1916-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS1342.S3 C86 1988 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS1342.S3 C86 1988	AVAILABLE

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Made In America : Science, Technology, And American Modernist Poets

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Lisa M. Steinman
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Book, Yale University Press, 1987
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Williams, William Carlos, · 1883-1963 · Criticism and interpretation · Moore, Marianne, · 1887-1972 · Criticism and interpretation · Stevens, Wallace, · 1879-1955 · American poetry · 20th century · History and criticism · Literature and science · United States · Literature and technology · Modernism (Literature) · Steinman, Lisa Malinowski, 1950-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS324 .S67 1987 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS324 .S67 1987	AVAILABLE

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