Frankenstein and STEAM : Essays for Charles E. Robinson / edited by Robin Hammerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammerman, Robin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and science.

Literature and technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newark, DE : University of Delaware Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Charles E. Robinson definitively transformed the study of the novel Frankenstein with his foundational volume The Frankenstein Notebooks and brought heightened attention overall in nineteenth-century studies to the nuances of writing and editing. Frankenstein and STEAM consolidates the generative legacy of his later work on the novel's broad relation to topics in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). Seven chapters written by leading and emerging scholars pay homage to Robinson's later perspectives of the novel and a concluding postscript contains remembrances by his colleagues and students. This volume not only makes explicit the question of what it means to be human, a question Robinson invited students and colleagues to examine throughout his career, but it also illustrates the depth of the field and diversity of those who have been inspired by Robinson's work and offers direction for continuing scholarship on the intersections of literature, science, and technology. Published by the University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1 Frankenstein, Frankenstein, and the Dream of Science

2 Frankenstein Meets the FAANG Five: Figures of Monstrous Technology in Digital Media Discourse

3 "the history of gods": Singularity and Gender in Ex Machina

4 "My food is not that of man": Food as Posthuman Phenomenon

5 Reading Frankenstein's Ecological Legacy

6 Playing Devil's Advocate: Defending the Criminal Justice System in Frankenstein

7 Teaching Frankenstein as Pastiche, Parody, and Adaptation in the General Education Classroom

Postscript: Remembrances of Charles E. Robinson

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64453-255-7

OCLC:

1287097640