Making Humans (New Riverside Editions) |
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Author:
Mary Shelley
By Heinle
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Product Description
In pairing these two famous gothic science fiction novels for the first time, this volume provides a rare opportunity to explore numerous topics common to both texts, such as the nature of the human and the limits and promises of the proliferating natural sciences in the 19th century. Additional works include writings by other 19th-century authors (including Darwin, Huxley, and Tennyson) and modern critics.
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A handy way to package two classic stories of human hubris, 2007-08-18
While the title may suggest something about cloning or eugenics, it is really just a handy way for the publisher to package two classic horror novels about humans who "played God" -- cautionary tales that might be appropriate reading for a range of literature-based courses on technology, ethics, science, environmentalism. There isn't much of an introduction here, and so the only thing that would draw you to this text is to read Shelley's Frankenstein and/or Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau. Both exceptional and interesting novels -- though written by authors who had very different aims and outlooks.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN: 9780618084890
ISBN: 0618084894
Label: Heinle
Manufacturer: Heinle
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 359
Publication Date: 2002-04-04
Publisher: Heinle
Studio: Heinle |
