| Women, Science and Fiction: The Frankenstein Inheritance 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Shaw, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333741587 ISBN-13: 9780333741580 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 813.087 |
| LCCN: 00034518 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5" W x 8" (0.82 lbs) 231 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since Mary Shelley drew inspiration for Frankenstein from the scientific speculations to which she attended as a 'nearly silent listener' at the now famous chateau in Switzerland, many other women have been similarly motivated to produce works informed by scientific theory. Successive chapters trace the history of women's science fiction writing from the turn of the century to the early 1990s, analysing how women writers have utilised the genre to critique the ideology that informs what counts as scientific knowledge. |