Under the Literary Microscope
Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel ed. by Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines, and Roslynn D. Haynes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18066567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jay A Labinger (0000-0002-1942-9232, corresponding author), Jay Labinger |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-235 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Configurations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1801 • E-ISSN: 1080-6520 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/con.2022.0012 |
| OpenAlex | W4225249645 |
| Language | EN |
In a 1990 essay, a leading scholar of literature and science opined: \n \nWe shall not find in literature widespread reference to the ordinary doings of the sciences . . . reference to science in fiction . . . is nearly always to the scientist as a magical, isolated individual.... So when we look for the "scientist in literature" we shall not find him or her so much at the level of social description as at that of myth
Art · Art history · Extant taxon · Literature · Mythology · Sociology · Classics · Computer Science · History · History of Science and Medicine · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Highly cited | No |
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