Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-6598-1 • Hardback • October 2019 • $95.00 • (£65.00)
978-1-4985-6599-8 • eBook • October 2019 • $90.00 • (£60.00)
Olga A. Pilkington is Assistant Professor of English at Dixie State University.
The late Ace G. Pilkington was professor of English and history at Dixie State University.
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
ConclusionAbout the Contributors
Mixing discussions of science fiction and science in fiction (also known as “lab lit”), the anthology provides thoughtful analyses of print and visual texts that reference scientific ideas and practices. Lab Lit’s accessible prose makes it an ideal source for students interested in considering the roles sciences play in a range of literary works from Frankenstein to Flight Behavior and in appreciating critical approaches to the scientific imaginary. Both students and scholars can also benefit from the useful bibliographies provided with the essays.
— Carol Colatrella, Georgia Institute of Technology