The Translunar Narrative in the Western Tradition
- List Price: $100.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
- Publish date: 02/01/2004
Description:
Long befoer Neil Armstrong made the first human footprints on the surface of Earth's Moon in 1969, writers imagined what such a voyage would be like. This book discusses the most famous translunar literary voyages-from Dante's Paradiso to H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon-and examines how humanity's fascination with flight away from the earth coincides with our anxiety about technology and the growing schism between the sciences and the humanities.
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