The Translunar Narrative in the Western Tradition

by Aaron Parrett

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Long before Neil Armstrong made the first human footprints on the surface of Earth's Moon in 1969, writers have imagined what such a voyage would be like. This book discusses the most famous translunar literary voyages-from Dante's Paradiso to H.G. Wells's The First Men in the Moon-and examines how humanity's fascination with flight away from the earth coincides with our anxiety about technology and the growing schism between the sciences and the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0815398301

ISBN13:9780815398301

Release Date:December 2023

Publisher:Routledge

Length:148 Pages

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