J M Van Der LaanJ. M. van der Laan is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University. His expertise extends from German literature, in particular Faust, to the role of technology in contemporary life.His various publications address a wide range of topics such as printing in the first hundred years after Gutenberg, eighteenth-century essays, nineteenth-century science fiction, and technology in culture, literature, and society. Read More Read Less