John Wilson Foster
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199232833
- eISBN:
- 9780191716454
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232833.003.0012
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter analyzes science fiction and the supernatural in Irish novels. These include books such as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine and Robert Cromie's The Crack of Doom. Several ghost stories are ...
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This chapter analyzes science fiction and the supernatural in Irish novels. These include books such as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine and Robert Cromie's The Crack of Doom. Several ghost stories are also considered.Less
This chapter analyzes science fiction and the supernatural in Irish novels. These include books such as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine and Robert Cromie's The Crack of Doom. Several ghost stories are also considered.
John Wilson Foster
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199232833
- eISBN:
- 9780191716454
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232833.003.0014
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter begins with an analysis of The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers. It then discusses other war fiction including For England's Sake by Robert Cromie, The ...
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This chapter begins with an analysis of The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers. It then discusses other war fiction including For England's Sake by Robert Cromie, The Yellow Danger by M. P. Shiel, and The Amateur Army by Patrick MacGill.Less
This chapter begins with an analysis of The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers. It then discusses other war fiction including For England's Sake by Robert Cromie, The Yellow Danger by M. P. Shiel, and The Amateur Army by Patrick MacGill.
Jack Fennell
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781781381199
- eISBN:
- 9781781384879
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781781381199.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
This chapter looks at the nineteenth century and the historical context in which the stock figure of the ‘mad scientist’ first appeared, which was coincidentally a time of political agitation and ...
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This chapter looks at the nineteenth century and the historical context in which the stock figure of the ‘mad scientist’ first appeared, which was coincidentally a time of political agitation and cultural upheaval in Ireland. In nineteenth century Ireland, the line between science and tradition was blurred, and there was not always a clear distinction drawn between the ‘real’ and the supernatural. This is reflected in the works of Fitz-James O’Brien and Robert Cromie: O’Brien, a native of county Limerick, wrote short stories in which scientists consult the spirits of dead forebears for advice, while Cromie, a Belfast author of unionist conviction, set many of his Jules Verne-esque adventures in industrial enclaves surrounded by dangerous wilderness. Both authors work against a backdrop that is a cross between the Irish Gothic of the Protestant Ascendancy and the ‘lost world’ adventure stories that were becoming increasingly popular at the time.Less
This chapter looks at the nineteenth century and the historical context in which the stock figure of the ‘mad scientist’ first appeared, which was coincidentally a time of political agitation and cultural upheaval in Ireland. In nineteenth century Ireland, the line between science and tradition was blurred, and there was not always a clear distinction drawn between the ‘real’ and the supernatural. This is reflected in the works of Fitz-James O’Brien and Robert Cromie: O’Brien, a native of county Limerick, wrote short stories in which scientists consult the spirits of dead forebears for advice, while Cromie, a Belfast author of unionist conviction, set many of his Jules Verne-esque adventures in industrial enclaves surrounded by dangerous wilderness. Both authors work against a backdrop that is a cross between the Irish Gothic of the Protestant Ascendancy and the ‘lost world’ adventure stories that were becoming increasingly popular at the time.
