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A Yankee Book Peddler Literary Essentials Title for 2013 'Michael R. Page's new book contributes to important literary discussions. By pointing to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Darwin's Origin of Species as foundational myths of modern culture, his valuable argument links 19th-century science to imaginative literature and reclaims science fiction as a significant genre.' Ashton Nichols, Walter E. Beach '56 Distinguished Chair in Sustainability Studies at Dickinson College and author of Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism: Toward Urbanatural Roosting (2011) 'It is refreshing to see a broad sweep across periods in an era of narrow specialization, but also across critical frameworks.' English Literature in Transition 1880-1920 '... as a working hypothesis it illuminates characteristic trends of nineteenth-century writing in thought-provoking ways.' Modern Language Review '[This book] is an ambitious project ... [it] is part of an important movement in literary criticism marked by an increased popular and academic interest in and awareness of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of what has come to be called 'the Anthropocene'.' Notes and Queries

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Michael R. Page is a Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research focuses on literature's encounter with science and technology in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

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