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Science Fiction
Toward a World Literature|
44,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | |
| Veröffentl.: | 04.01.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781666905366 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 350 |
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<p><span>In what N. Katherine Hayles describes as "this enormously ambitious posthumous volume," renowned scholar George Slusser offers a definitive version of the argument about the history of science fiction that he developed throughout his career: that several important ideas and texts, routinely overlooked in other critical studies, made significant contributions to the creation of modern science fiction as it developed into a truly global literature. He explores how key thinkers like René Descartes, Benjamin Constant, Thomas DeQuincey, Guy du Maupassant, J.D. Bernal, and Ralph Waldo Emerson influenced and are reflected in twentieth-century science fiction stories from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland, and Russia. The conclusion begins with Slusser’s overview of global science fiction in the twenty-first century and discusses recent developments in countries like China, Romania, and Israel. Hayles’s foreword provides a useful summation of the book’s contents, while science fiction writer Gregory Benford contributes an afterword providing a personal perspective on the life and thoughts of his longtime friend. The book was edited by Slusser’s former colleague Gary Westfahl, a distinguished scholar in his own right.</span></p>
<p><span>In this work, renowned scholar George Slusser analyzes science fiction’s history by focusing on important thinkers, overlooked by other critics, who made key contributions to the development of science fiction as a global literature. </span></p>
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<p><span>Foreword: A Novel Method for Constructing Science Fiction’s Origins</span></p>
<p><span>by N. Katherine Hayles</span></p>
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<p><span>Notes on the Text</span></p>
<p><span>by Gary Westfahl</span></p>
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<p><span>Introduction: Science Fiction:</span></p>
<p><span>Toward a World Literature</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter One</span></p>
<p><span>The Paradigms of Science Fiction</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Two</span></p>
<p><span>Fraternal Frontiers: Defining a Space for Literature</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Three</span></p>
<p><span>Future Liberty: Nineteenth Century Horizons</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Four</span></p>
<p><span>Extending the Mind Circle: DeQuincey’s English Mail Coach</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Five</span></p>
<p><span>Genre at the Crossroads: Cultural Readings of Maupassant’s “Le Horla”</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Six</span></p>
<p><span>Bernal’s Masterplot and the Transhuman Promise</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Seven</span></p>
<p><span>Each Man Is an Island: The Legacy of Emerson’s Golden Age</span></p>
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<p><span>Conclusion</span></p>
<p><span>The Fortunes of Science Fiction</span></p>
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<p><span>Afterword: Knowing George</span></p>
<p><span> by Gregory Benford</span></p>
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<p><span>A Brief Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser</span></p>
<p><span>Foreword: A Novel Method for Constructing Science Fiction’s Origins</span></p>
<p><span>by N. Katherine Hayles</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Notes on the Text</span></p>
<p><span>by Gary Westfahl</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Introduction: Science Fiction:</span></p>
<p><span>Toward a World Literature</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Chapter One</span></p>
<p><span>The Paradigms of Science Fiction</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Chapter Two</span></p>
<p><span>Fraternal Frontiers: Defining a Space for Literature</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Chapter Three</span></p>
<p><span>Future Liberty: Nineteenth Century Horizons</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Chapter Four</span></p>
<p><span>Extending the Mind Circle: DeQuincey’s English Mail Coach</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span>Chapter Five</span></p>
<p><span>Genre at the Crossroads: Cultural Readings of Maupassant’s “Le Horla”</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Six</span></p>
<p><span>Bernal’s Masterplot and the Transhuman Promise</span></p>
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<p><span>Chapter Seven</span></p>
<p><span>Each Man Is an Island: The Legacy of Emerson’s Golden Age</span></p>
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<p><span>Conclusion</span></p>
<p><span>The Fortunes of Science Fiction</span></p>
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<p><span>Afterword: Knowing George</span></p>
<p><span> by Gregory Benford</span></p>
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<p><span>A Brief Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser</span></p>
<p><span>George Slusser</span><span> was professor of comparative literature and curator of the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, at the University of California, Riverside. </span></p>
<p><span>Gary Westfahl</span><span> is professor emeritus at the University of La Verne.</span></p>
<p><span>Gary Westfahl</span><span> is professor emeritus at the University of La Verne.</span></p>
<p><span>ONLINE SUPPLEMENT</span></p>
<p><span>Online supplemental text available to view for</span><span> Science Fiction: Toward a World Literature </span><span>by George Slusser. </span></p>
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<p><span><a href="https://rowman.com/WebDocs/9781666905359_ABibliographyoftheWorksofGeorgeSlusser.pdf"><span>A Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser</span></a></span></p>
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<p><span>Online supplemental text available to view for</span><span> Science Fiction: Toward a World Literature </span><span>by George Slusser. </span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://rowman.com/WebDocs/9781666905359_ABibliographyoftheWorksofGeorgeSlusser.pdf"><span>A Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser</span></a></span></p>
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