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Et Tu, Victor? Interrogating the Master’s Responsibility to—and Betrayal of—the Slave in Frankenstein 你呢，维克多?《弗兰肯斯坦》中主人对奴隶的责任与背叛

IF 0.3 3区社会学

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-04-23 DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2020.0035

Maisha L. Wester

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Important Recent Scholarship on Frankenstein: A Bibliography of the Last Decade 最近关于弗兰肯斯坦的重要学术研究:近十年的参考书目

IF 0.3 3区社会学

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-04-23 DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2020.0030

Jerrold E. Hogle

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Frankenstein and Modern Bioscience: Which Story Should We Heed? 弗兰肯斯坦与现代生物科学:我们应该听哪个故事?

IF 0.3 3区社会学

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-04-23 DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2020.0028

H. Greely

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Adapting the Unthinkable: An Interview 《适应不可思议:一次采访

IF 0.3 3区社会学

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-04-23 DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2020.0027

Nick Dear, A. Mellor

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Frankenstein’s Origin-Stories 弗兰肯斯坦的引发的故事

IF 0.3 3区社会学

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-04-23 DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2020.0032

Susan J. Wolfson

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Roman Past, Jewish Future: Prophecy, Poetry, and the End of Empire 罗马的过去，犹太人的未来:预言，诗歌和帝国的终结

IF 0.3 3区社会学

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2020.0025

A. Williamson

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In Defense of Tiberius: Edmund Bolton, Tacitean Scholarship, and Early Stuart Politics 《替提比略辩护:埃德蒙·博尔顿、泰西学者与早期斯图亚特政治》