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Book reviewsThe British Society for Literature and Science reviews books on all aspects of literature and science on our website. Please follow these links for all current book reviews by period: General and Theory Early Modern to Eighteenth Century Romantic and Victorian Modern and Contemporary These are some of the most recent reviews: Bruce Clarke with Manuela Rossini (eds), The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science Jill Galvan, The Sympathetic Medium Laurie Garrison, Science, Sexuality and Sensation Novels Barri J. Gold, ThermoPoetics: Energy in Victorian Literature and Science Katherine Hodgkin (ed.), Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England: The Autobiographical Writings of Dionys Fitzherbert Jeanette Eileen Jones and Patrick B. Sharp (eds), Darwin in Atlantic Cultures Cannon Schmitt, Darwin and the Memory of the Human Sally Shuttleworth, The Mind of the Child: Child Development in Literature, Science, and Medicine, 1840-1900 Srdjan Smajić, Ghost-Seers, Detectives, and Spiritualists Reviews are also listed by author and title, by date of publication and by reviewer. If you would like to submit a book to be reviewed, please send it to Dr John Holmes, BSLS Reviews Editor, Dept. of English and American Literature, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AA, U.K. If you would like to review books, please email…
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Modern and Contemporary

Current books on literature and science in the twentieth century and after include:

Hagen, Margareth and Randi Koppen and Margery Vibe Skagen (eds), The Art of Discovery: Encounters in Literature and Science

Jan 5, 2011

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Jon Adams

in Early Modern to Eighteenth Century, General and Theory, Modern and Contemporary, Reviews, Romantic and Victorian
Hall, Alice (ed), Contemporary Literature and the Body: A Critical Introduction

Dec 20, 2023

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Shahira A. Hathout

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Hall, Kersten T., Insulin – The Crooked Timber: A History from Thick Brown Muck to Wall Street Gold

Sep 1, 2024

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Ashitha B. Arun

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Hamann-Rose, Paul, Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction

May 13, 2025

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Sandro Eich

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Hanson, Claire and Gerri Kimber and Todd Martin (eds), Katherine Mansfield and Psychology

May 10, 2018

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Huzan Bharucha

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Hanson, Clare, Eugenics, Literature and Culture in Post-war Britain

Apr 22, 2013

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Josie Gill

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Harrison, Jaime, Digital Culture in Contemporary Fiction

May 15, 2025

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Sharon Ruston

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Hart, Sarah, Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Jul 26, 2023

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Steve Abbott

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Hearn, Lafcadio, Insect Literature

Jan 6, 2024

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Janette Leaf

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews
Heffernan, Conor, Emma Tonkin, Linda Flores Ohlson (eds), Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics

Mar 18, 2026

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Dong Xia

in Modern and Contemporary, Reviews

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