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Autore |
Botting Eileen Hunt <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Artificial life after Frankenstein / / Eileen Hunt Botting |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science fiction - History and criticism |
Artificial life - Social aspects |
Artificial life - Political aspects |
Artificial life - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE Learning to Love the Bomb -- INTRODUCTION Mary Shelley and the Genesis of Political Science Fictions -- Interlude Births and Afterlives -- CHAPTER I Apocalyptic Fictions -- CHAPTER II Un/natural Fictions -- CHAPTER III Loveless Fictions -- CODA A Vindication of the Rights and Duties of Artificial Creatures -- Acknowledgments -- POSTSCRIPT “The Journal of Sorrow” -- NOTES -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This book looks at the many genres of science fiction (literature, television, film, etc.) to examine ways in which people have grappled with their fears of technology"-- |
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