The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of Doctor Moreau / / Ronald Edwards
| The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of Doctor Moreau / / Ronald Edwards |
| Autore | Edwards Ronald <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.912 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science
Animals in literature Humanity in literature Ethics in literature Evolution (Biology) in literature Biology in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-021210-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461001303321 |
Edwards Ronald <1964->
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of Doctor Moreau / / Ronald Edwards
| The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of Doctor Moreau / / Ronald Edwards |
| Autore | Edwards Ronald <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.912 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science
Animals in literature Humanity in literature Ethics in literature Evolution (Biology) in literature Biology in literature |
| ISBN |
0-19-021211-X
0-19-021210-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI070000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- PART ONE: NOT MEANT TO KNOW -- Chapter 1: The Paw -- Taking exception / Science and fiction / Science fiction -- Chapter 2: The Ism that Wasn't -- It does not please you / Darwin in the middle / Two windows -- Chapter 3: Don't Meddle -- Movies and Moreau / Sorcery / Life science -- PART TWO: THE THING IS AN ABOMINATION -- Chapter 4: The House of Pain -- No pain, no gain / Moreau 1, Prendick 0 / Pain is real -- Chapter 5: Into the Lab and Onto the Slab -- In the book / How / But why -- PART THREE: POOR BEASTS -- Chapter 6: All the Difference -- Moreau's Man / Prendick's gaze / "No!" / The virago -- Chapter 7: To the Beasts You May Go -- No threshold / Selection and its discontents / The Valley -- PART FOUR: NO ESCAPE -- Chapter 8: That is the Law -- Whose Law? / Hell is real / The Jesus moment / The rebel -- Chapter 9: Beast Monsters -- The taste of blood / The stubborn beast flesh / The horror -- Chapter 10: Big Thinks -- Suffering and philosophy / Science and humanity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797965803321 |
Edwards Ronald <1964->
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of Doctor Moreau / / Ronald Edwards
| The edge of evolution : animality, inhumanity, and the island of Doctor Moreau / / Ronald Edwards |
| Autore | Edwards Ronald <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.912 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and science
Animals in literature Humanity in literature Ethics in literature Evolution (Biology) in literature Biology in literature |
| ISBN |
0-19-021211-X
0-19-021210-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI070000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- PART ONE: NOT MEANT TO KNOW -- Chapter 1: The Paw -- Taking exception / Science and fiction / Science fiction -- Chapter 2: The Ism that Wasn't -- It does not please you / Darwin in the middle / Two windows -- Chapter 3: Don't Meddle -- Movies and Moreau / Sorcery / Life science -- PART TWO: THE THING IS AN ABOMINATION -- Chapter 4: The House of Pain -- No pain, no gain / Moreau 1, Prendick 0 / Pain is real -- Chapter 5: Into the Lab and Onto the Slab -- In the book / How / But why -- PART THREE: POOR BEASTS -- Chapter 6: All the Difference -- Moreau's Man / Prendick's gaze / "No!" / The virago -- Chapter 7: To the Beasts You May Go -- No threshold / Selection and its discontents / The Valley -- PART FOUR: NO ESCAPE -- Chapter 8: That is the Law -- Whose Law? / Hell is real / The Jesus moment / The rebel -- Chapter 9: Beast Monsters -- The taste of blood / The stubborn beast flesh / The horror -- Chapter 10: Big Thinks -- Suffering and philosophy / Science and humanity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814333903321 |
Edwards Ronald <1964->
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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