Modernism, Science, and Technology

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Mark Morrison's slim but packed book, Modernism, Science and Technology, is a significant new addition to the "New Modernisms" series ... This is a book that moves at speed and tosses out ideas, summarizes whole fields of study, and surveys important theoretical paradigms on almost every page: it might be thought of not just as a primer on its subject, but as a goldmine for seekers of dissertation or book topics. It is immensely rich and suggestive, as well as measured, as it surveys the terrain that may well be the key to the whole modernist enterprise. Its "Works Cited" is in itself a very valuable resource, and not just for the beginner in this area. It is a compendium, and yet it never reads as such; rather, the writer makes clear that he is not afraid to tackle the fundamental questions of how science relates to literature. * James Joyce Literary Supplement * 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 * 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 * A rich and illuminating study whose often startling analyses encompassing a wide range of disciplines should have a real impact on the field ... Morrisson sets a fine example for future scholars of modernism interested in engaging with today's fundamental rethinking of the universe via science. * Journal of Modern Literature * Modernism, Science, and Technology ... mounts a powerful case for interdisciplinarity as the primary way by which the connections among the three nouns of its title have become legible, and by which modernist studies has been productively transformed by multiple discourses and fields of study. * Modernism/modernity *