A Research Guide To Science Fiction Studies

Author : Marshall B. Tymn,Roger C. Schlobin,Lloyd W. Currey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000639070

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A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies by Marshall B. Tymn,Roger C. Schlobin,Lloyd W. Currey Pdf

Academic attention to science fiction and fantasy began in 1958, when the Modern Language Association scheduled its first seminar on science fiction at its New York meeting. Over the years science fiction emerged as a popular subject that achieved critical attention and acceptance as an academic discipline. A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies, originally published in 1977, is designed to provide the reader – whether they be scholar, teacher, librarian, or fan – with a comprehensive listing of the important research tools that have been published in the United States and England through 1976. The volume contains over 400 selected, annotated entries covering both general and specialized sources, including general surveys, histories, genre studies, author studies, bibliographies, and indices, which span the entire range of science fiction and fantasy scholarship.

Author : Maura Heaphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598845068

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Science Fiction Authors by Maura Heaphy Pdf

For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their work. Emphasizing the best popular and contemporary authors, this book covers 100 SF writers, providing for each: • a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from theauthor, awards, etc. • a list of the author's major works (including editions and other writings) • research sources-biographies, criticism, research guides, and web sites • In addition, you'll find read-alike lists for selected authors. For anyone wanting to find information on popular SF authors, this should be the first stop.

Author : Sherryl Vint
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441119605

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Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed by Sherryl Vint Pdf

From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate the often perplexing worlds of a perennially popular genre. Drawing on literature as well as example from film and television, the book explores the different answers that criticism has offered to the vexed question, 'what is science fiction?' Each chapter of the book includes case studies of key texts, annotated guides to further reading and suggestions for class discussion to help students master the full range of contemporary critical approaches to the field, including the scientific, technological and political contexts in which the genre has flourished. Ranging from an understanding of the genre through the stereotypes of 1930s pulps through more recent claims that we are living in a science fictional moment, this volume will provide a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating genre.

Author : Richard D. Mullen,Darko Suvin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610371269

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Science Fiction Studies by Richard D. Mullen,Darko Suvin Pdf

Author : Richard D. Mullen,Darko Suvin
Publisher : Boston : Gregg Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X000419441

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Science-fiction Studies by Richard D. Mullen,Darko Suvin Pdf

Author : Rob Latham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474248648

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Science Fiction Criticism by Rob Latham Pdf

Including more than 30 essential works of science fiction criticism in a single volume, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of this enduringly popular genre. Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings covers such topics as: ·Definitions and boundaries of the genre ·The many forms of science fiction, from time travel to 'inner space' ·Ideology and identity: from utopian fantasy to feminist, queer and environmental readings ·The non-human: androids, aliens, cyborgs and animals ·Race and the legacy of colonialism The volume also features annotated guides to further reading on these topics. Includes writings by: Marc Angenot, J.G. Ballard, Damien Broderick, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, Grace Dillon, Kodwo Eshun, Carl Freedman, Allison de Fren, Hugo Gernsback, Donna Haraway, N. Katherine Hayles, Robert A. Heinlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Veronica Hollinger, Fredric Jameson, Gwyneth Jones, Rob Latham, Roger Luckhurst, Judith Merril, John B. Michel, Wendy Pearson, John Rieder, Lysa Rivera, Joanna Russ, Mary Shelley, Stephen Hong Sohn, Susan Sontag, Bruce Sterling, Darko Suvin, Vernor Vinge, Sherryl Vint, H.G. Wells, David Wittenberg and Lisa Yaszek

Author : Patrick Parrinder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000378788

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Science Fiction: A Critical Guide by Patrick Parrinder Pdf

This book, first published in 1979, presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. Contributors are drawn from Britain, America and Europe, and range from well-known academic critics to young novelists. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing, and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable. The material ranges from the earliest imaginative journeys to the moon, to later developments of British, American and European science fiction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:496061158

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Science-fiction Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark Bould,Andrew Butler,Adam Roberts,Sherryl Vint
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781135228361

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The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction by Mark Bould,Andrew Butler,Adam Roberts,Sherryl Vint Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at: history – an integrated chronological narrative of the genre’s development theory – detailed accounts of major theoretical approaches including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism and utopian studies issues and challenges – anticipates future directions for study in areas as diverse as science studies, music, design, environmentalism, ethics and alterity subgenres – a prismatic view of the genre, tracing themes and developments within specific subgenres. Bringing into dialogue the many perspectives on the genre The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and the future of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.

Author : Roger Luckhurst
Publisher : Polity
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780745628936

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Science Fiction by Roger Luckhurst Pdf

In this new and timely cultural history of science fiction, Roger Luckhurst examines the genre from its origins in the late nineteenth century to its latest manifestations. The book introduces and explicates major works of science fiction literature by placing them in a series of contexts, using the history of science and technology, political and economic history, and cultural theory to develop the means for understanding the unique qualities of the genre. Luckhurst reads science fiction as a literature of modernity. His astute analysis examines how the genre provides a constantly modulating record of how human embodiment is transformed by scientific and technological change and how the very sense of self is imaginatively recomposed in popular fictions that range from utopian possibility to Gothic terror. This highly readable study charts the overlapping yet distinct histories of British and American science fiction, with commentary on the central authors, magazines, movements and texts from 1880 to the present day. It will be an invaluable guide and resource for all students taking courses on science fiction, technoculture and popular literature, but will equally be fascinating for anyone who has ever enjoyed a science fiction book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015067501596

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Karen Hellekson,Craig B. Jacobsen,Patrick B. Sharp
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786457830

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Practicing Science Fiction by Karen Hellekson,Craig B. Jacobsen,Patrick B. Sharp Pdf

Drawn from the Science Fiction Research Association conference held in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008, the essays in this volume address intersections among the reading, writing, and teaching of science fiction. Part 1 studies the teaching of SF, placing analytical and pedagogical research next to each other to reveal how SF can be both an object of study as well as a teaching tool for other disciplines. Part 2 examines SF as a genre of mediation between the sciences and the humanities, using close readings and analyses of the literary-scientific nexus. Part 3 examines SF in the media, using specific television programs, graphic novels, and films as examples of how SF successfully transcends the medium of transmission. Finally, Part 4 features close readings of SF texts by women, including Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Octavia E. Butler.

Author : Steven Meyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107079724

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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science by Steven Meyer Pdf

This Companion shows how literature and science inform one another and that they're more closely aligned than they typically appear.

Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405144582

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A Companion to Science Fiction by David Seed Pdf

A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by aninternational range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themesand methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of sciencefiction. Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debatingcultural issues. Essays by an international range of scholars discuss thecontexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins ofthe genre, its engagement with science and gender, and nationalvariations of science fiction around the English-speakingworld. Maps out connections between science fiction, television, thecinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of theculture. Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G.Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Offers close readings of particular novels, from MaryShelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’sThe Handmaid’s Tale.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015066123160

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Science-fiction Studies by Anonim Pdf