Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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All Things Fusible: Media, Science, and Mythology in the Fiction of Neal Stephenson

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ingwersen, Moritz Andree, Thesis advisor (ths): Hollinger, Veronica, Thesis advisor (ths): Berressem, Hanjo, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Holdsworth, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Pethes, Nicolas, Degree committee member (dgc): Milburn, Colin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This dissertation presents the work of the American science fiction writer Neal Stephenson as a case study of mediations between literature and science by mobilizing its resonances with contemporary science studies and media theory. Tracing the historical and thematic trajectory of his consecutively published novels Snow Crash (1992), The Diamond Age; or, A Young Lady's Illustrated… more