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UNINA9910807762303321 |
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Titolo |
Jules Verne : narratives of modernity / / edited by Edmund J. Smyth |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-78138-060-0 |
1-84631-340-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Collana |
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Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; ; 20 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science fiction, French - History and criticism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Contents; Contributors; 1: Verne, SF, and Modernity: an Introduction; 2: Jules Verne and the French Literary Canon; 3: Jules Verne and the Limitations of Literature; 4: The Fiction of Science, or the Science of Fiction; 5: 'L'Ici-bas' and 'l'Au-delà' ... but Not as they Knew it. Realism, Utopianism and Science Fiction in the Novels of Jules Verne; 6: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Paris: Paris au XXe siècle; 7: Future Past: Myth, Inversion and Regression in Verne's Underground Utopia; 8: Measurement and Mystery in Verne |
9: The Science is Fiction: Jules Verne, Raymond Roussel, and Surrealism10: Mysterious Masterpiece; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of essays reflect the diversity of approaches currently being brought to bear on the writings of Jules Verne. |
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