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Representations of the Moon in Literature and Art

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-031-66103-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Erscheinungstermin: 20.10.2024
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This book brings together a collection of essays on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first man on the moon – a time when tourist journeys to the moon, now a real possibility, were no more than a fantasy. Divided into four sections, illustrating different perceptions of the moon, the common aim of the essays in this book is to examine how mankind’s interest in the moon has been represented in Literature and the Arts, an objective underpinned by the desire to exploit the relationship between the so-called two cultures—the Humanities and Science—as C.P. Snow perceived them in his pioneering work (1959). The plethora of ways in which our companion satellite has been portrayed has led the authors of the essays to draw upon research from the history of science as well as from literary, cultural and artistic studies. In addition to analysing the impact on literature and music, of our arrival on the moon, whether real or imaginary, these studies also examine how writers along the centuries have appropriated the moon as a metaphor in order to project latent conflict, criticise the society or politics of their day, reflect upon scientific or technological discoveries or fantasise about journeys, encounters or imaginary realities.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783031661037
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-031-66103-7
  • Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Erscheinungstermin: 20.10.2024
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2024
  • Produktform: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 318 g
  • Seiten: 140
  • Format (B x H x T): 153 x 216 x 13 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Introduction.- Part I – ‘Walking on the Moon’: Conflicting Moons.- Chapter 1: The Moon, Science and Politics in the Interwar World: On André Maurois’ (1927) - Fernando Clara (Nova University of Lisbon).- Chapter 2: Between the Moon and Rural Spain in 1969: Antonio Muñoz Molina’s ” - Ângela Fernandes (University of Lisbon).- Part II – ‘The Far Side of the Moon’: Satirical and Humorous Moons.- Chapter 3: ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’: Romanticism and Lunar Satire  - Agustín Coletes Blanco (University of Oviedo).- Chapter 4: The Nicolás Guillén’s ‘poemas cosmicos’: Moon, Space and Human Travellers - Isabel Branco (Nova University of Lisbon).- Part III – ‘In the Moon’s Bright Glow’: Wondrous and Inspiring Moons.- Chapter 5: Eighteenth Century England through Defoe’s Magnifying Glasses in Ana Rita Brettes (Nova University of Lisbon) Chapter 6: ‘By the Light of a Victorian Moon’: Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn and the Telescopic Lunar Photographs - Maria João Brito (Nova University of Lisbon).- Chapter 7: Science Fiction or Fiction on Art:  Different Readings of the Short Story “The Playhouse Called Remarkable”, by Muriel Spark  - Maria da Conceição Castel-Branco (Nova University of Lisbon).- Part IV – ‘By the Light of the Silvery Moon’: Musical Moons.- Chapter 8: “First Man” and a Theremin going to the Moon - Cristina Cota (Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical).- Chapter 9: Traces of the Space Race in British Pop Music of the 1960s - Miguel Alarcão (Nova University of Lisbon).