Ian McEwan, Science

Anastasia Logotheti (Deree-The American College of Greece)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

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First circulation or publication Oct 2019

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United Kingdom (Country of Origin)

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Published in October 2019, Ian McEwan’s

Science

is a volume in the series

Vintage Minis

. According to the publisher, this is a “series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human”. On “the frontline of quality and brilliance”, as Vintage Classics Senior Editor Charlotte Knight explains, each volume draws from the “backlist”, reintroducing “previously published work” which addresses a single subject area. For the topic of science Ian McEwan is selected as an author who has demonstrated throughout his long career a keen interest in the interrelatedness of the sciences to the humanities.

Since the series Vintage Minis draws exclusively from the backlist (Cowdrey), dedicated readers of McEwan’s work will not find new material in

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Citation: Logotheti, Anastasia. "Science". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 July 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39333, accessed 28 April 2024.]

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