Modernism, Science, and Technology - (New Modernisms) by Mark S Morrisson (Paperback)

About the Book

"An introductory survey of the scientific and technological contexts of modernist writing, a central topic of contemporary modernist studies"--

Book Synopsis

From quantum physics and genetics to psychology and the social sciences, from the development of atomic weapons to the growing mass media of film and radio, the early 20th century was a period of intense scientific and technological change. Modernism, Science, and Technology surveys the scientific contexts of writers from H.G. Wells and Gertrude Stein to James Joyce and Virginia Woolf and the ways in modernist writers responded to these paradigm shifts. Introducing key concepts from science studies and their implications for the study of modernist literature, the book includes chapters covering the physical sciences, mathematics, life sciences, social sciences and 'pseudosciences'. Including a timeline of key developments and guides to further reading, this is an essential guide to students and researchers studying the topic at all levels.

Review Quotes

Modernism, Science, and Technology by Mark S. Morrisson is an engaging read, and a fine addition to the already existing work in the area of literature, science, and technology ... [This is] an incredibly useful book not only for modernist scholars, but for researchers and students of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature more broadly.
The Wellsian

Modernism, Science, and Technology will provide students and scholars working in literature and science,
especially those focused on Modernism, with a succinct overview of the field.
British Society for Literature and Science

About the Author

Mark S. Morrisson is Professor and Head of Department at Penn State University, USA. A former president of the Modernist Studies Association, he is co-editor of The Journal of Periodical Studies and his previous books include The Public Face of Modernism: Little Magazines, Audiences, and Reception 1905-1920 (2001) and Modern Alchemy: Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory (2007).