Format:
Online-Ressource (387 p)
ISBN:
9780230546912
Series Statement:
Palgrave Histories of Literature
Content:
〈EM〉The History of Science Fiction〈/EM〉 traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Definitions; 2 Science Fiction and the Ancient Novel; 3 Seventeenth-Century Science Fiction; 4 Eighteenth-Century Science Fiction; 5 Early Nineteenth-Century Science Fiction; 6 Science Fiction 1850-1900; 7 Jules Verne and H. G. Wells; 8 The Early Twentieth Century: High Modernist Science Fiction; 9 Early Twentieth-Century Science Fiction: The Pulps; 10 Golden Age Science Fiction 1940-1960; 11 The Impact of New Wave Science Fiction 1960s-1970s; 12 Science Fiction Screen Media 1960-2000: Hollywood Cinema and Television; 13 Prose Science Fiction 1970s-1990s
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14 Late Twentieth-Century Science Fiction: Multimedia, Visual Science Fiction and OthersPostscript: Twenty-First-Century Science Fiction; Chronology of Key Titles in Science Fiction and Developments in Science; Notes; Further Reading; Index
Additional Edition:
9780230554658
Additional Edition:
Print version The History of Science Fiction
Language:
English
Keywords:
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