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1 online resource (xix, 166 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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New accents.
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New accents (Routledge (Firm))
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; The rise of science-fiction studies; Genre criticism; 1 WORKING DAYDREAMS, WORKSHOP DEFINITIONS; The scientific romance; Logical speculation: H.G. Wells; The fiction of the magazines; Extrapolation: Robert A. Heinlein; The 'New Wave'; Definition by structure; Generic hybrids; 2 THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE GENRE; SF as product; SF as message: readership and 'fandomSF as message: readership and 'fandom'; Modes of reading; SF as document: the 'thinking machine' |
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Literature and paraliterature3 SCIENCE FICTION AS ROMANCE; Contemporary mythology and the 'literature of wonder'; Functions and formulas; Domestication; Self-conscious romance; 4 SCIENCE FICTION AS FABLE; Social criticism; Cognitive estrangement; Utopia and scientific materialism; Galactic imperialism; Liberation and power; 5 SCIENCE FICTION AS EPIC; SF and the historical novel; Truncated epic; Scientific anticipation; The future histories; 6 IMITATION AND NOVELTY: AN APPROACH THROUGH SF LANGUAGE; Authenticity and the literary hoax; The language of novelty; The absent signified. |
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Intertextuality and parodyEntropy and disintegration; Romance, fable, epic and parody: Lem's Solaris; 7 THE SCIENCE-FICTION COURSE; The 'two cultures' debate and the student revolution; Consolidation and canon-formation; The strange and the familiar; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
First published in 2002. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Science fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, English. |
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, American. |
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Literature and science -- English-speaking countries.
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Literature and science. |
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English-speaking countries. |
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Science fiction -- Study and teaching.
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Science fiction -- Study and teaching. |
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Science fiction. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Parrinder, Patrick. Science fiction 0415291313 (OCoLC)55198962 |
ISBN |
9781136493409 (electronic book) |
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1136493409 (electronic book) |
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1322165181 (e-book) |
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9781322165189 (e-book) |
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0415291313 |
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9780415291316 |
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