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Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521016576
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Author : Eric Carl Link,Gerry Canavan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107052468
This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107493735
Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005).
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 5210165760
Author : Mark Bould,Andrew Butler,Adam Roberts,Sherryl Vint
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781135228361
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 : Steven Meyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107079724
This Companion shows how literature and science inform one another and that they're more closely aligned than they typically appear.
Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828420
Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship.
Author : David Glover,Scott McCracken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521513371
An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.
Author : Bruce Clarke,Manuela Rossini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107086203
This book gathers diverse critical treatments from fifteen scholars of the posthuman and posthumanism together in a single volume.
Author : Michael Levy,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781316483138
Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children's literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children's Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children's fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions appropriated by them - from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the work of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling and others from across the English-speaking world. The volume considers changing views on both the nature of the child and on the appropriateness of fantasy for the child reader, the role of children's fantasy literature in helping to develop the imagination, and its complex interactions with issues of class, politics and gender. The text analyses hundreds of works of fiction, placing each in its appropriate context within the tradition of fantasy literature.
Author : Patricia Kerslake
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781846310249
From its beginnings, science fiction has experimented with imperialistic scenarios of alien invasion, extraterrestrial exploitation, xenophobia, and colonial conquest. In Science Fiction and Empire, Patricia Kerslake brings contemporary thinking about postcolonialism and imperialism to bear on a variety of classic sci-fi novels and films, including The War of the Worlds, Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris, and Star Wars. The first book to identify the consequences of empire in science fiction, Kerslake’s study is a compelling investigation of the political ramifications of how we imagine our future. “Science Fiction and Empire is thought-provoking and insightful, . . . the kind of large-scale postcolonial work that science fiction has needed for quite some time.”—Science Fiction Studies
Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521797276
This collection of specially-commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Edgar Allan Poe's work and life. Contributions provide a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. The essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stories and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. They situate his imaginative writings in relation to different modes of writing: humor, Gothicism, anti-slavery tracts, science fiction, the detective story, and sentimental fiction. Three chapters examine specific works: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Raven', and 'Ulalume'. The volume features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.
Author : Gerry Canavan,Eric Carl Link
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107166098
The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a significant and growing body of scholarship. The Cambridge History of Science Fiction is a landmark volume as the first authoritative history of the genre. Over forty contributors with diverse and complementary specialties present a history of science fiction across national and genre boundaries, and trace its intellectual and creative roots in the philosophical and fantastic narratives of the ancient past. Science fiction as a literary genre is the central focus of the volume, but fundamental to its story is its non-literary cultural manifestations and influence. Coverage thus includes transmedia manifestations as an integral part of the genre's history, including not only short stories and novels, but also film, art, architecture, music, comics, and interactive media.
Author : Stephen E. Tabachnick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107108790
This Companion examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the development of this art form globally.
Author : Robert L. Caserio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828338
The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body of work, and one of the most important and most widely read genres of literature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, this Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing that bridge the century's pre- and post-War halves and presents leading critical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. The essays examine the endurance of modernist style throughout the century, the role of nationality and the contested role of the English language in all its forms, and the relationships between realism and other fictional modes: fantasy, romance, science fiction. Students, scholars and readers will find this Companion an indispensable guide to the history of the English novel.