From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature

by Roslynn D. Haynes and Professor Roslynn D. Haynes

Book Overview

They were mad, of course. Or evil. Or godless, amoral, arrogant, impersonal, and inhuman. At best, they were well-intentioned but blind to the dangers of forces they barely controlled. They were Faust and Frankenstein, Jekyll and Moreau, Caligari and Strangelove--the scientists of film and fiction, cultural archetypes that reflected ancient fears of tampering with the unknown or unleashing the little-understood powers of nature. In From Faust to Strangelove Roslyn Haynes offers the first detailed and comprehensive study of the image of the scientist in Western literature and film--from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801848016
• ISBN13: 9780801848018
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 432 Pages