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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786535803321

Autore

Delany Samuel R.

Titolo

The American shore : meditations on a tale of science fiction by Thomas M. Disch--Angouleme / / Samuel R. Delany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014

©1978

ISBN

0-8195-7420-1

Edizione

[Wesleyan edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

809.38762

Soggetti

Science fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The American Shore; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; The American Shore, An Author's Introduction; A Road along the Shore: An Introduction to The American Shore; The Pretext; The Refused Text; The Context; The Diffused Text; Exotexts:; 1. Auctorial Interfaces; 2. The Textual Object; 3. A Privileged Chronicity; 4. Problematic Texts; 5. Originary Assumptions; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

A keystone text in literary theory and science fiction