Stephanson, Raymond (Author)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Volume: 42
Issue: 4
Pages: 471-486
Little-known literary treatments of the artificial creation of human life appear at mid-century, two generations before Shelley's Frankenstein. These works reveal complex responses to new experiments in the life sciences, despite their satirical elements, and they also allow glimpses into early generic formations before the existence of a ‘science fiction'.
...MoreArticle Darren N. Wagner; Joanna Wharton (2019) The Sexes and the Sciences. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (pp. 399-413).
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