This book introduces and explores a new genre, lab lit. Essays both discuss lab lit novels using a variety of analytical approaches as well as provide a theoretical framework to explore the social and literary backgrounds of the genre.
This book introduces and explores a new genre, lab lit. Essays both discuss lab lit novels using a variety of analytical approaches as well as provide a theoretical framework to explore the social and literary backgrounds of the genre.
Edited by Olga Pilkington and Ace G. Pilkington - Contributions by Stephanie Chidester; Beverly Connor; Dean Conrad; Matt Hadley; Kimberly H. Idol; Lynne Magowan; Elaine P. Pearce; Ace G. Pilkington; Olga Pilkington; Jennifer L. Rohn; Amanda Scott; Eileen
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Olga A. Pilkington and Ace G. Pilkington Introduction: What's in a Name? Olga A. Pilkington Chapter 1: Frankenstein Scientism and the Cultural Reception of Discovery Amanda Scott Chapter 2: Female Scientists Under Strain: Transitions From Lab To Lit To Screen Dean Conrad and Lynne Magowan Chapter 3: Lab Lit and Science Fiction: Similarities and Separations Ace G. Pilkington Chapter 4: Lab Lit and Popular Science Olga A. Pilkington Chapter 5: Where Science Meets Fiction: A History and Theory of Laboratory Production Matt Hadley Chapter 6: The Use of Forensic Techniques to Uncover Social Disorder in Caleb Carr's Alienist Novels Kimberley H. Idol Chapter 7: Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior: The Sciences in a Post-Fact World Theda Wrede Chapter 8: The Short Fiction of Andrea Barrett: Lab Lit as Sociology of Science Stephanie Chidester Chapter 9: The Honest Look at Science and Poetry Elaine Pearce Chapter 10: Addressing the Gender Gap in STEM through Theatre Eileen Trauth and Suzanne Trauth Chapter 11: Using Science in Writing Mystery Novels Beverly Connor Case Study: Lab Lit: Illuminating a Hidden World through the Medium of Fiction Jennifer Rohn Conclusion About the Contributors
Preface Olga A. Pilkington and Ace G. Pilkington Introduction: What's in a Name? Olga A. Pilkington Chapter 1: Frankenstein Scientism and the Cultural Reception of Discovery Amanda Scott Chapter 2: Female Scientists Under Strain: Transitions From Lab To Lit To Screen Dean Conrad and Lynne Magowan Chapter 3: Lab Lit and Science Fiction: Similarities and Separations Ace G. Pilkington Chapter 4: Lab Lit and Popular Science Olga A. Pilkington Chapter 5: Where Science Meets Fiction: A History and Theory of Laboratory Production Matt Hadley Chapter 6: The Use of Forensic Techniques to Uncover Social Disorder in Caleb Carr's Alienist Novels Kimberley H. Idol Chapter 7: Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior: The Sciences in a Post-Fact World Theda Wrede Chapter 8: The Short Fiction of Andrea Barrett: Lab Lit as Sociology of Science Stephanie Chidester Chapter 9: The Honest Look at Science and Poetry Elaine Pearce Chapter 10: Addressing the Gender Gap in STEM through Theatre Eileen Trauth and Suzanne Trauth Chapter 11: Using Science in Writing Mystery Novels Beverly Connor Case Study: Lab Lit: Illuminating a Hidden World through the Medium of Fiction Jennifer Rohn Conclusion About the Contributors
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