The scientist as God
Subtitle: a typological study of a literary motif, 1818 to the present
By: Sven Wagner
Series: Anglistische Forschungen -- Band 421; Anglistische Forschungen -- Band 421.
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9783825358556
Subjects: God in literature; Scientists in literature
Notes: Slightly rev. version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Bochum Universität, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Tragic representations of the motif; title: 3. Combinations of tragedy and theological allegory; title: 4. Combinations of tragedy and comedy/satire; title: 5. A combination of tragedy, comedy, and theological allegory: Margaret Atwood's creation of a new type of Oryx and Crake; title: 6. Comic/satiric representations of th motif; title: 7. Concluding reflections.