Revolutionary experiments : the quest for immortality in Bolshevik science and fiction /
Krementsov examines a particular fascination with the dream of immortality and the place of science and fiction in its pursuit in Russia during roughly a decade that followed the country's political revolutions of 1917. It argues that contemporary scientific experiments aimed at the control ove...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Krementsov examines a particular fascination with the dream of immortality and the place of science and fiction in its pursuit in Russia during roughly a decade that followed the country's political revolutions of 1917. It argues that contemporary scientific experiments aimed at the control over life, death, and disease inspired many Russian writers to conduct their own literary experiments with the ideas and techniques offered by experimental biology and medicine, which found expression in both popular-science writings and a new literary genre, science fiction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199992997 0199992991 0199992983 9780199992980 9780199370016 019937001X |