Science Fiction — Paul Cantor Works

Frankenstein

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lectures

Tennyson's In Memoriam

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Tennyson's In Memoriam in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Literature & Science 19th, Science Fiction, PoetryVirginiaJune 2, 2024Science Fiction, Tennyson

Darwin's Origin of Species Lectures

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Darwin’s Origin of Species in this lecture series. Lecture

Literature & Science 19th, Science FictionVirginiaJune 2, 2024Darwin, Science Fiction

Robert Browning Caliban upon Setebos

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Robert Browning’s Caliban upon Setebos in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Edwin Abbott's Flatland

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Edwin Abbott's Flatland in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Literature & Science 19th, Science FictionVirginiaJune 2, 2024Science Fiction

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

Literature & Science 19th, Science FictionVirginiaJune 2, 2024Science Fiction

Elizabeth Gaskell Wives & Daughters

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives & Daughters in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

H.G. Wells's The Time Machine Lectures

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lecture

H.G. Wells's Island of Dr. Moreau Lectures

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains H.G. Wells’s Island of Dr. Moreau in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lecture

H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds Lectures

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds in this lecture series on 19th century Literature and Science. Lecture

Joseph Conrad The Secret Agent

Paul Cantor analyzes and explains Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent in this lecture series from Science and Literature course. Lecture

The Invisible Man and the Invisible Hand: H.G. Wells’s Critique of Capitalism

The Invisible Man provides a vehicle for exploring a larger set of economic and political problems that preoccupied him throughout his career. Essay

Mars Attacks!: Burton, Tocqueville, and the Self-Organizing Power of the American People

Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! comically subverts the ideology of the standard American flying saucer movies of the 1950s. They celebrated the federal government as the American people’s savior, portraying a military-scientific elite dealing effectively with extraterrestrial threats to the US. Burton’s film debunks elites and suggests that a motley assortment of ordinary people would be more successful in dealing with an invasion from Mars. Chapter 4

The Empire of the Future: Imperialism and Modernism in H.G. Wells

Wells's The Time Machine reveals the profound profound connection between imperialism and modernism. Essay

Science Fiction, H.G. WellsVirginiaMay 24, 2020Hufnagel, H.G. Wells, The Time Machine, Pos, Essay

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