Between Science and Fiction: The Hollow Earth as Concept and Conceit

[Dave Monroe]

Hanjo Berressem, Michael Bucher, Uwe Schwagmeier (Eds.)
Between Science and Fiction: The Hollow Earth as Concept and Conceit
Reihe: n-1 | work - science - medium
Bd. 5, 2012, 360 S., 34.90 EUR, 34.90 CHF, br., ISBN 978-3-643-90228-3


The idea that the earth is hollow has inspired both the world of
science and the world of fiction. As a scientific concept, this notion
has informed the works of Edmond Halley and Leonhard Euler; as a
literary conceit, it can be found in the works of Dante and E.A. Poe,
in novels by Jules Verne, Arno Schmidt, Thomas Pynchon and Mark Z.
Danielewski, in comics, films and computer games such as Indiana
Jones. Addressing both the scientific and the aesthetic aspects of the
Hollow Earth, the essays in this collection range from medieval
literature to afrofuturism, with contributions by Christiane
Ackermann, Hanjo Berressem, Dagmar Buchwald, Fabienne Collignon, Axel
Dunker, Duane Griffin, Galena Hashhozheva, Sabine Kyora, Eve Andrée
Laramée, Bettine Menke, David Nelting, Isabell Platthaus, Martina
Stange, and Heide Volkening.

Hanjo Berressem teaches American literature and culture at the
University of Cologne.

Michael Bucher teaches American literature and queer culture at the
University of Cologne.

Uwe Schwagmeier teaches literary studies at the Institut für
Germanistik at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.

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