The Vision About Science in Experiment with an Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson

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Emilio José Álvarez Castaño

Abstract

The great novelty of the painting Experiment with an Air Pump (1768) by Joseph Wright of Derby was to present science in the artistic center of attention that religion had occupied in a majority way until then. Two centuries later, and inspired by this work, the English playwright Shelagh Stephenson used the resource of ekphrasis to make a reflection on science from drama. This play presents two different plots, one located at the end of the 18th century and the other at the end of the 20th century, which are alternately narrated in the different scenes. In this work, science is approached from different points of view: in relation to religion, the ethical and moral limits of science, women in science through history, the estrangement and ignorance of science. From here on, the validity of these approaches will be verified facing the new challenges that humanity has to face.

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Álvarez Castaño, E. J. (2023). The Vision About Science in Experiment with an Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson. Alfinge. Revista De Filología, 34, 9–30. https://doi.org/10.21071/arf.v34i.14065
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