Utopian literature and science : from the scientific revolution to Brave New World and beyond / Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK.

"Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Utopian Literature and Science traces the interactions of sciences such as astronomy, microscopy, genetics and anthropology with 19th- and 20th-century utopian and dystopian...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Parrinder, Patrick, 1944- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Literature and science. Utopias in literature. Science fiction > History and criticism. Science fiction. Criticism, interpretation, etc.