03014 am 22006973u 450 991034184200332120231106182007.03-11-027247-410.1515/9783110272475(CKB)2550000001157355(EBL)893271(OCoLC)862809341(SSID)ssj0001040027(PQKBManifestationID)11537575(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040027(PQKBWorkID)10991520(PQKB)10836293(MiAaPQ)EBC893271(DE-B1597)174211(OCoLC)865141151(DE-B1597)9783110272475(Au-PeEL)EBL893271(CaPaEBR)ebr10811317(CaONFJC)MIL540401(EXLCZ)99255000000115735520130910h20132013 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrAlternate history playing with contingency and necessity /Kathleen SinglesBerlin ;Boston :De Gruyter,[2013]©20131 online resource (320 p.)Narrating Futures ;5Description based upon print version of record.3-11-027217-2 1-306-09150-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index.Frontmatter --Content --1. Introduction --2. The Poetics of Alternate History --3. Case Studies --4. Conclusion --Works Cited --IndexWhile, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre,such as Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle and Philip Roth's The Plot against America, as well as less widely-discussed manifestations of the genre, such as Dieter Kühn's N, Christian Kracht's Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten, and Quentin Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds.Alternative histories (Fiction)History and criticismNarration (Rhetoric)Future.History.Narrative.Past.Alternative histories (Fiction)History and criticism.Narration (Rhetoric)809.3/8768EC 6745rvkSingles Kathleen1982-907025Bode ChristophMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910341842003321Alternate history2028886UNINA