Author | : Edward James |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2003-11-20 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521016575 |
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Author | : Edward James |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2003-11-20 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521016575 |
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Author | : Eric Carl Link |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2015-01-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1107052467 |
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 |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1107493730 |
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 | : Steven Meyer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2018-05-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1108548075 |
In 1959, C. P. Snow lamented the presence of what he called the 'two cultures': the apparently unbridgeable chasm of understanding and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. In recent decades, scholars have worked diligently and often with great ingenuity to interrogate claims like Snow's that represent twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and science as radically alienated from each other. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science offers a roadmap to developments that have contributed to the demonstration and emergence of reciprocal connections between the two domains of inquiry. Weaving together theory and empiricism, individual chapters explore major figures - Shakespeare, Bacon, Emerson, Darwin, Henry James, William James, Whitehead, Einstein, Empson, and McClintock; major genres and modes of writing - fiction, science fiction, non-fiction prose, poetry, and dramatic works; and major theories and movements - pragmatism, critical theory, science studies, cognitive science, ecocriticism, cultural studies, affect theory, digital humanities, and expanded empiricisms. This book will be a key resource for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students alike.
Author | : Gregory Claeys |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010-08-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139828428 |
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 | : Peter Harrison |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2010-06-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521712513 |
This book explores the historical relations between science and religion and discusses contemporary issues with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology and bioethics.
Author | : Bruce Clarke |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1107086205 |
This book gathers diverse critical treatments from fifteen scholars of the posthuman and posthumanism together in a single volume.
Author | : David Glover |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2012-04-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521513375 |
An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.
Author | : James Gunn |
Publisher | : Red Globe Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0230527183 |
Reading Science Fiction brings together world class scholars and fiction writers to introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding this fascinating genre. Comprehensive and engaging, Reading Science Fiction includes: * Explores a wide range of theoretical approaches to studying science fiction, such as gender studies, post-colonial studies and structuralism * Maps the definitions and history of science fiction, including its origin, influences and parallel development with modern society * Introduces major science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Joanna Russ, Octavia Butler and Kim Stanley Roberts. This work provides valuable insights into the world of science-fiction, this thought-provoking textbook makes learning how to read science fiction an exciting and collaborative process for teachers and students alike.